What’s up swappers, it’s sale time. One small disclaimer: they will ship out Monday or Tuesday with Priority mail. Everything should come with a box. Everything is PPFF prices. Thanks!
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The Watch https://imgur.com/a/T2SuPiC First up is the only non-knife. It’s a Hamilton Khaki manual wind. I can send you the reference number if you’d like, I don’t have it with me at the moment. I bought it 2 months ago, wore it twice, realized it was way too small for me, and never wore it again. Yes, it has a date window. I’d like to call it like-new condition. Paid almost $500 for it, but letting it go for a lot less: SV: $325
Microtech UTX-70 CA https://imgur.com/a/cvrB5LS I love this thing, it just is too small to be practical for me. Looks cosmetically spotless to me, I can’t find any noticeable scratches, dings, or marks on it. M390 blade. Carried maybe two dozen times. Cut maybe half a dozen times. Factory blade, and it’s still sharp. Fires hard, and have never had a single misfire. I am first owner. SV: $180
Spyderco Paramilitary 2 S110V https://imgur.com/a/QjirMt6 Bought this over Black Friday (or maybe it was Christmas?) when Spyderco did their factory seconds sale. I can’t find a single flaw with this EXCEPT lock stick. I don’t mind the lock stick on the compression lock, and hopefully you won’t either. Carried maybe 4-5 times, cut MAYBE once. Wicked sharp factory edge. I bought a used deep carry clip off here for it, it’ll come with that. It’s a great clip functionally, but it’s ugly as hell. Centering is spot on. SV: $120
M4 BHQ Shaman https://imgur.com/a/DWoIE09 Up next is my M4 BladeHQ exclusive Shaman. This thing is a beautiful beast. Carried this one a fair bit, and put it to work on a fair amount of cardboard. The blade is still factory, and still sharp. Makes me appreciate M4. Comes with an MXG deep carry clip that took me forever to track down. I rubbed some mineral oil on the micarta to expedite the patina. Looks beautiful. Centering is great. Only issue I see is that the micarta is very close to the blade. I emailed BHQ about it and they said it was nothing to worry about. I am the first owner. SV: $200
Spyderco Endela https://imgur.com/a/vNvXnPD Literally new. I pulled it out of the box, carried it once, and never carried it again. I think it might have one small ding on the clip, but that’s it. Centering is great, factory edge, everything else you’d expect from a new spydie. Excuse me trying to spydie flick it in the video, old habits die hard. SV: $60
Benchmade Valet https://imgur.com/a/3WTz2JJ It pains me to let this go. It is, after the 940, the best Benchmade ever made. Carries like a dream, cuts beautifully, and in amazing M390. Centering is insane. I believe edge is factory and if it’s not, I’ve only ever stropped it. If you can’t tell by now, I barely cut anything more than tape with my knives, so edge on this is also in good condition. The clip is scratched up, but everything else is clean. I’m the first owner. SV: $175
Axial Enzi https://imgur.com/a/Npoq1vq This thing is insane. Pains me to let it go. I hate made in China knives, but love this thing. The action is INSANE. Perfect centering, 20CV, titanium scales, deep carry clip. What more could you ask for? Centering is great. Scales have some snails, and clip has some scratches, but everything is soooo buttery. I’m the second owner, and edge is factory. SV: $110 (how is that even possible for 20CV & Ti??)
Tactile Rockwall Thumbstud Magnacut https://imgur.com/a/0h86AJO This thing is in great shape. I’m at least the second owner, and there’s no big scratches beyond the regular snails on the Ti scales. The tip is a bit blunted (it was like that when I got it) and it’s not very sharp, but edge looks factory. Fires hard, drops shut, great knife. SV: $190
Jakeb Ginsburg Finessemuk Baconator https://imgur.com/a/MX6t4IF Pretty sure this is essentially a custom 1 of 1. The bacon g-carta is INSANE. this is my safe queen. Never cut, never carried. The g-carta on the edges is slightly crushed from in and out of the sheath. Jakeb says it’s normal. I also can’t believe I’m letting this go. Please don’t buy it. It’s in S35VN and feels so damn good in the hand. SV: $400
Jakeb Ginsburg Chikadee in CRUWEAR https://imgur.com/a/mah5sNn Man, I love the Chikadee. I think this is my 5th? It’s my least carried, the finish is too nice to use. The perfect color combo and steel too. Carried maybe half a dozen times. Never cut from what I remember. Factory edge and beautiful condition. SV: $200
Last up: CRKT Van Hoy Snap Lock https://imgur.com/a/AYIxlo3 This thing is a total gimmick but pretty cool. It’s a side opener. I tried to sharpen this before I knew how to sharpen so tip is a bit scratched. It’s a cool knife with a cool action, I wouldn’t recommend it for any kind of real cutting. SV: $40

As I study Free Agency and the Draft here are a few ways things may playout for our Defending Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs..

1. Reality is there aren't WR1 options that would be a significant upgrade to the WR group besides OBJ. I love O'Dell Beckham Jr but reality is if you are afraid of Toney being injured you should be afraid of OBJ injury history. There's a crazy amount of potential in the WR group, there's no need to add anyone unproven or not an obvious answer to consistently win against man defense. Brady and the Patriots faced a similar issue a few off seasons in a row. And they ended up going with a 2TE offense that dominated the league. 2TE offenses requires defenses to leave in LBs as it becomes pretty easy to run against Nickel/Dime looks. Chiefs were already running 2TE looks last season. Once Pat became one legged they ran 2TE looks alot. One of many reasons why they crushed teams out of the 2 High Looks that melted Mahomes last season. Noah Gray lowkey put up solid numbers for TE2. So.. add OBJ or lean into TEs.
2. KC could trade up in draft for a WR1. Veach did so last year for McDuffie. Thing is, I believe adding a DE is more important than a rookie WR1. 1st round edge rusher on a rookie contract would set that d-line up for many years. And this would allow Chiefs to pay Chris Jones $25m-$30m (No way he settles for less than $28m). Chiefs held the Bengals to 20 points in a championship game. The defensive line took over the game. It was so beautiful to watch, and would love to see the line continue to be a strength. Strong Dline with average WR room can win championships. Strong WR room with average Dline is the 2018 Chiefs.. Think about that.
3. I know this sounds crazy but.. Chris Jones could be traded. If Tyreek Hill can, Chris Jones most definitely can. Why do I think it is an option? This off season been a nightmare with player evaluations. Players who would've gotten 4yr $80m last offseason got one year deals this offseason. There's no doubt there was an OwneFront Office agreement to reset the market (Thank you Browns, Raiders, and Dolphins for messing it up in the first place). How does this effect Chris Jones? If the Chiefs are attempting to extend his deal Jones has every right to push for last season's player evaluation, and we know the Chiefs will push for this year's evaluation. The market suddenly shifting is what really got the ball rolling for Hill to be traded, and once again the market has shifted with Chris Jones on the final year of his contract. If he is traded that is 2 1st round picks. Maybe more, this is the best defensive tackle in the league, and still in his 20s. With the newly accrued draft picks, draft Jones replacement, draft WTE, and add vet DE. Also, there is extra cap space and capital for Hopkins. Just like Hill, Jones trade would improve 3 different position groups and immediately offer up cap relieve.
4. Jones stay, draft happens, but no significant additions to the WR group. So the Chiefs just wait, like am talking waiting until close to training camp. At some point a vet will be available. 34 year old Julio Jones PFF grade was damn near identical to Adam Thielen. If we are talking short yardage possession receiver like the role Juju played last season, Julio Jones (even at 34) would be an upgrade. TY Hilton, Jarvis Landry, Sammie Watkins each can still win as a short yardage possession receiver. Jarvis Landry spent a career being a short yardage possession receiver. To be honest I can see Landry being the veteran pick..

Friday Veach & Co were very busy. Bell resigned, and even two additions at DT (hint hint: preparing for Jones trade lol). Veach been plugging in spots I assumed he would use the draft for to save cap space. Then again now I am wondering if he is plugging in spots now because he is fully preparing to trade draft picks. He seriously could trade up for DE, also trade for Hopkins, extend Jones, add vet DE, and even another vet WR. It is Brett Mf'ing Veach, he seriously could pull it off, and I mean all of it.
This is a Dynasty, Veach knows it. I believe he is preparing the Chiefs to be very flexible on offense and also defense.

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If you're like me, you have at least one black watch in your collection of watches and wear it often. (If you're not like me, what rock have you been living under?!) But while I've never been too concerned about keeping my black watch looking new, I don't want to settle for unsightly marks. What can you do to keep your black watch looking classy and stylish? The following article details some easy methods to keep your black eye looking new and perfect for years to come!
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Im on my phone and it glitches when on Reddit. So typing is REALLY hard. Im so sorry if I annoy anyone with spelling and grammar etc.
I (30f) have been married to (36m) for over ten years. I have adhd and I’m on the spectrum somewhere. Yet recently I’ve connected lots of dots connecting my husbands behaviomindset/lifestyle to be that of Asperger’s.
Mind you a freaking adore my husband. He is my absolute world. I would move mountains for him and actively do. Yet I am not without issues myself and have some issues around abandonment. (Adopted and abused etc)
KNOWING how he feels is important to me. It’s not needed 24:7 and I’m realistic with that. Yet over the ten plus years of…..nothing…I am going a bit crazy.
In the beginning he was a different person. Understandably he loved for me and acted out what he believed convinced me of it. I believed him and we quickly ran into marriage.
I guess he’s so black/white that he assumed “I just thought you knew I loved you..” after our six months of courting lol.
“No… I am sorry but I couldn’t see it due to what I felt was lack of interest in me and neglect..”
I did end up expressing I was divorcing him six years ago. I had tried counseling and he was uninterested. If I had a problem or wanted to communicate a sad feeling.. His famous words were “YOU are the one with the issue. Once you figure it out tell me what to do”. Which respectfully that mindset makes sense now. Yet it’s incredibly painful for me to stomach.
When I left him he instantly tried to win me back. I took him back and felt really optimistic. The man I first met was back…I later learned it just put a mask back on to show me his feelings. It wasn’t how he would be able to be for a healthy happy future. Unless there is conflict he doesn’t think of me, ask me things or show interest in what makes me….me.
I’ve tried to understand for years. I do know he loves me. Without a doubt I know he does. Yet due to my love for him also being very strong…..I sadly need more of him in my life. He is seriously my best friend and even though he tries to be better or do what I need…
He’s not consistent which makes fighting or sadness a revolving door…
Yet it sadly feels so “fake” and forced. He doesn’t WANT to listen to me talk or do things I want to do. He could care less about my thoughts and feelings. Birthdays? Holidays? Meh.
It’s devastating for me and my love language. I feel that although I am madly in love with him. It’s just not fair. I say this respectfully and obviously I’m hurt…
Yet we also have two young children who see all this unnatural social marriage shit.
He makes amazing money. I’m spoiled. Like sickly. Yet I would trade everything to just have some real genuine unforced love..
I thought there was hope or that maybe he was just dealing with childhood trauma. I have no problem putting in the work for a happy future. Yet unfortunately I’m panicking a bit.
Issue is with my attachment issues I don’t think I could leave him. I would continue to be sad and try, try and try till I am possibly disgusted with myself or him. Which thinking of not loving him makes me sick.
I feel guilty for not being happy accepting “fake” gestures for “forever”. It doesn’t feel good to only receive love or compliments because I cried enough…..to make him want to avoid the conflict.
We do get along. When it’s great it’s GREAT. Yet my mental health is so low. I don’t hate him. I have empathy and understanding. I wish I didn’t need love…or need more of it than he needs. I thought we could work together to meet in the middle for us both to be happy. Heck even if I gave a bit more that’s fine as well. Yet knowing I probably will never get more of him in my life….Is heartbreaking.
I don’t want to leave. At all. Yet I want to feel loved. Which is unfortunately something I personally cannot sacrifice. I have tried in other past only to be left feeling alone and empty.
He isn’t really open to therapy he used to fight it and get angry. Yet now has learned it’s easier and the issue goes away if he pretends to change.

Welcome back ya'll. If you need a catch up, here's my boy Logans' Part 1. Here the story continues, so hope you enjoy.
AEW Winter is Coming (7th December 2023)
Bandido and Rey Fenix Vs Hostile Intent
Winter is Coming is kicked straight off with tag action, as Fenix looks to avenge his beatdown at the hands of his brother. Teaming up with Fenix tonight is a good friend Bandido, deciding to fight alongside him against Hostile Intent, being revolted by their actions last week. The bell rings as Fenix and Penta stare at each other from a distance. The fans cheer for Lucha Bros, but they’re chanting for a ghost. The two start circling around one another. Penta stops his strut midway as he raises his fist in the air. “CERO MIEDO.” as the hand comes right back down. Fenix shows, well…no fear, as he kicks Penta right in his shin. Penta retorts back with an overhead CHOP. Fenix steps back cause of the impact, but jumps right back at Penta with a SUPERKICK. Penta ducks under, crouching down for a LEG SWEEP. Fenix jumps over it, trying to follow it up with a DOUBLE FOOT STOMP on Penta, but Penta rolls out of it. Penta gets back to his feet and rushes at Fenix, as Fenix bushes him aside. Penta bounces off the ropes, ducking under as Fenix LEAPFROGS over him. Penta bounces off the other side, AND SLIDES UNDER A DROPKICK ATTEMPT FROM FENIX. Penta rushes back to his feet, as Fenix tries to regain himself. PENTA SHUTS DOWN ANY RETALIATION, BY SLICING FENIX’S LEG WITH A SOCCER KICK. Penta proceeds to repeatedly stomp on his brother’s leg, before slamming him into his corner.
Following this, PAC and Penta take turns, tagging in and out, working over Fenix’s leg. PAC forces Fenix to run by IRISH WHIPPING him, and then proceeding to hit his knee with a LOW DROPKICK. PAC brings Fenix to the top rope as looks to hit him with a TOP ROPE GERMAN SUPLEX, but Fenix continues to fight back. The two stand atop the turnbuckle as Fenix starts hitting PAC, who still has waist control, with ELBOWS. PAC drops down to the mat, shakes it off, before ascending back to the turnbuckle. He hits Fenix with some shots to the back, AND SWITCHES IT AROUND BY GOING FOR A TOP ROPE POISON RANA. BOTH MEN GO FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, BUT FENIX LANDS ON HIS FEET. His knee immediately buckles, as PAC gets back up. PAC tries to get back to Fenix, but he’s a step slower as Fenix rolls forward, popping up straight into a CUTTER. The crowd are on their feet as Bandido stretches his arm out for a tag. Fenix gets back up, hobbling to his corner as he finally tags in Bandido. Bandido immediately SPRINGBOARDS off the ropes, and hits an ARMDRAG on PAC. Penta jumps into the ring too, dashing towards Bandido. Bandido is like a freight train, never stop never stopping as he hits pushes himself off Penta with a TIGER WALL FLIP, and hits a rushing Penta with a RELEASE BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX. PAC catches Bandido off guard with a ROUNDHOUSE KICK. PAC brings Bandido back to his feet, IRISH WHIPPING him into the ropes, hoping for a RELEASE BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX of his own, ONLY FOR IT BE COUNTERED BY A SMOOTH LOOKING TILT-A-WHIRL-GOURDBUSTER.
The match continues to rage on, as all 4 men fight back and forth. In the closing stretch of the match, PAC and Bandido are the legal men, as Bandido is all fired up. He’s chopping PAC in his chest, as PAC continues to get pushed back. Another CHOP from Bandido sends PAC stumbling back onto the ropes. Bandido follows up on PAC by running the ropes on the other side and going for a SATELLITE DDT, ONLY FOR PAC TO COUNTER IT WITH A POP UP POWERBOMB. ONE…TWO…THRE, BANDIDO KICKS OUT. Penta is on the apron, draping over the top rope for a tag. He gets his wish as PAC tags him in. PAC starts climbing the top rope as Penta sets Bandido up for a FEAR FACTOR. ONLY THEN FENIX RUNS AT PAC, RUNNING OVER THE TIGHTROPE AND FINISHING WITH A SUPER HURRICANRANA OFF THE TOP ROPE. Penta lets go, rushing at Fenix, dropping his brother down with a SLING BLADE. Penta goes towards PAC, pulling him back to his feet. Bandido is almost to his feet, but Hostile Intent takes him out with a DOUBLE SUPERKICK. Fenix is trying to bring himself back to his feet using the ropes. PAC grabs onto Fenix’s head from behind, rag dolling him to the centre of the ring. He pulls him up as Penta lines up a SUPERKICK and fires the shot, ONLY FOR FENIX TO DUCK AT THE LAST SECOND, MAKING PAC EAT THE SUPERKICK. PENTA IS BRIEFLY TAKEN ABACK, AND THIS MOMENTARY DISTRACTION IS ENOUGH FOR BANDIDO TO LAND A HURRICANRANA, STRAIGHT INTO A PIN. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Bandido and Rey Fenix def. Hostile Intent
PAC is fuming after the loss, arguing with Penta. Penta claims it was an accident, but PAC says the accident cost him the match. The two leave the ring, arguing all the way up to the rampway, as Penta ends up shoving PAC away out of frustration. The two almost come to blows, but Alex Abrahantes gets in-between them, stopping this inevitable collision for now.
AEW Dynamite
Tag title eliminator battle royale I and II
As is tradition, The challengers for the World tag titles will be selected via two battle royales. Winner of each match will be added to the fatal four way at the ppv, which includes Best Friends, the current tag champion, and La Faccion Ingobernable’s very own Rush and Andrade. The first match comes down to Fenix fighting against PAC and Mark Quen. PAC and Mark team up to try and take Fenix out, almost succeeding, but Fenix is able to hold on, eliminating Quen out of the ring. He’s unable to eliminate PAC however, who’s trusty hammer is the decision maker, knocking off the top rope onto the apron, and then swiftly eliminated by a kick to the face. Hostile Intent is in, securing a spot at Revolution. Bandido and Fenix have one final opportunity to enter the tag title fatal four way, and they’re able to clinch it after Bandido hits a TILT-A-WHIRL MEXICAN DESTROYER ON ISIAH CASSEDY, and then throws him out of the ring. Ethan Page on the outside tries to catch him, but Fenix runs the ropes and hits an OVER THE TOP ROPE MOONSAULT PLANCHA ON THE OUTSIDE, eliminating both him and Isiah from the bout, but securing the win for his team.
Later in the show, Swerve Strickland interrupts a Firm promo. He buys Private Party’s contract on the spot from The Firm, who are more than happy to get rid of, in their words, these jobbers. Swerve asks Private Party to make a decision, a decision that’ll change their lives for the foreseeable future. “Let’s talk somewhere private.”, Swerve walks away saying this, as Mark and Isiah choose to walk with him.
AEW Revolution (5th March, 2024)
Rey Fenix and Bandido Vs Hostile Intent Vs Best Friends Vs Andrade and Rush
Tornado Tag
AEW World Tag Team Championship
Best Friends walk into this as the tag champions, stuck in the midst of a blood feud. Hostile Intent have their own qualms with Best Friends, having lost their tag title to them. La Facción Ingobernable have had considerable beef with Death Triangle, but they’ve been nothing but cordial to Hostile Intent in the lead up to this, suggesting at an open slot in the faction. All that goes out the window tonight however as bodies fly, men crash and burn. In the final moments of the match, PAC and Pentagon find themselves in control. Penta has landed the FEAR FACTOR on Trent, as PAC is standing on the top rope. Before he can hit the BLACK ARROW however, he’s interrupted by Bandido who meets him at the top rope, as the two start brawling at the top rope. As that fight ensues, Penta is caught off guard by Fenix, WHO SPRINGBOARDS IN THE RING AND LANDS A CANADIAN DESTROYER ON HIM. Bandido staggers PAC with a HEADBUTT, and picks him up. Fenix makes his way to the other turnbuckle, climbing the top rope. BANDIDO MOONSAULTS WITH PAC, LANDING A REVOLUTION X AS FENIX LEAPS OVER FROM THE OTHER SIDE, LANDING A FROG SPLASH ON PAC ONCE BANDIDO MOVES OUT THE WAY. AFTER LANDING THIS COMBO CALLED THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION, FENIX MAKES THE PIN. ONE…TWO…THRE, RUSH BREAKS UP THE PIN. Rush shoves Fenix away at the last second, as Bandido makes a dash towards him. Rush uses Bandido’s own momentum and sends him crashing into the turnbuckles with an OVERHEAD RELEASE BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX. Fenix tries to attack Rush, but Andrade catches him halfway. He feints a FRONT KICK, but lands a DISCUS BACK ELBOW INSTEAD, SENDING FENIX TUMBLING IN THE CORNER. Rush and Andrade have the same idea now, walking over to the opposite turnbuckles, letting out a loud roar to hype the crowd and themselves, AND RUSHING BACK INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE CORNERS, LANDING A RUNNING KNEE SMASH ON FENIX, AND THE BULLS HORNS ON BANDIDO. RUSH PULLS BANDIDO TO THE CENTRE AND MAKES HIS PIN. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Andrade and Rush def. Hostile Intent, Best Friends, Bandido and Rey Fenix
Rush places his foot over Bandido’s lifeless body, as Andrade lands a LA SOMBRA on Fenix after the bout. The new champions raise their titles in glory, as Rush gestures over to PAC and Penta, perhaps promising something similar.
In the weeks to come we see the problems between these multiple factions continue to boil over. Bandido and Fenix launch attacks at La Faccion time to time, avenging their humiliation at Revolution, but the numbers continue to topple them. Whereas tension have continued to arise between La Faccion and Fenix and Bandido, bridges are being built with Hostile Intent. Rush, Andrade and Preston Vance start accompanying Pentagon to his matches, with Pentagon returning the favour. They crash Hostile Intent promos, joking around with Penta in Spanish, much to PAC’s annoyance. This annoyance slowly devolves into contempt as PAC starts acting quite hostile towards La Faccion. Hostile Intent are the biggest free agents in the faction market right now, dipping their toes in the pond. The leader of Mogul Affiliates is one of them, Swerve Strickland. Swerve has cast a wide net, focusing on Private Party, Samoa Joe, and of course, Hostile Intent.
AEW Dynamite
Preston Vance, Andrade and Rush Vs ???, Rey Fenix and Bandido
Fenix reveals that he’s found the man to even the odds. A man who probably has more animosity against La Faccion than even Fenix and Bandido. The man isn’t revealed until the match itself. La Faccion make their entrance first, waiting in the ring for this mystery tag partner. Fenix and Bandido come out first as the crowd cheer them on. And this is when Scorched Earth blares throughout the arena. Out walks Dragon Lee, never having went to NXT cause Tony Khan took out his chequebook, standing alongside Fenix and Bandido. Rush looks livid, seeing his own brother standing up to him. Dragon Lee hasn’t forgotten the betrayal against him by Rush and Andrade, stabbing him in the back because he refused to bend his morals for their underhanded tactics. From bell to bell, all men fight at a breakneck pace. Springboards, Dives, Chops, Stomps, launches and splashes are hurled around like a Headlock Takeover, as the crowd eats up this traditional Lucha 6-man encounter. In the final moments of the match, FENIX AND BANDIDO LAUNCH THEMSELVES OUT OF THE RING, PERICINF THROUGH PRESTON AND ANDRADE ON THE OUTSIDE WITH A TOPE SUICIDA. Lee is left alone with his brother in the ring, as he pulls him up with his air, spouting about vengeance. Rush spits on Dragon, who responds back with a slicing KNIFE EDGE CHOP. RUSH never backed down from a fight though, striking back with a THUNDEROUS CHOP OF HIS OWN. The brothers exchange these chops with one another, their chest turning red as bruises start flaring up. Their wills are unbreakable, but their bodies start slowing down, with Dragon taking a step back. He tries to walk back towards Rush, who pushes him away with a BOOT to the face. Rush then tracks back to the ropes, bouncing back for a LARIAT, BUT GETS CAUGHT WITH A STANDING SPANISH FLY INSTEAD. ONE…TWO…THR, RUSH KICKS OUT. Dragon jumps back to his feet, lowering his knee pad, and diligently waits for Rush to get back to his feet, BEFORE DASHING AT HIM WITH THE RODILLA DRAGON, BUT RUSH SLIDES OUT AT THE LAST SECOND. DRAGON BOUNCES CHEST FIRST OFF THE ROPES, AS RUSH LATCHES ONTO HIS WAIST AND USES THE MOMENTUM TO LAND A RELEASE GERMAN SUPLEX. The crowd are on their feet as Rush slowly makes his way back to his feet. Dragon tries to do the same, dragging himself to the corner, taking a brief rest to regain himself. Rush doesn’t allow this though, setting up his finish, AS HE RUNS AT DRAGON, LYING IN THE CORNER, TO FINISH IT ALL WITH THE BULLS HORNS, BUT FENIX AND BANDIDO STOP HIM MIDWAY WITH A DOUBLE SUPERKICK. They follow it up by bringing him back to his feet and whipping him towards Dragon FOR THE DESNUCADORA. FENIX AND BANDIDO BLOCK ANDRADE AND PRESTON FROM RUSHING IN, AS DRAGON MAKES THE PIN. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Dragon Lee, Fenix and Bandido def. La Faccion Ingobernable
This new faction has a successful debut, and would later be known as Facción de Sangre Derramada. This war is nowhere near over though, as a new challenger approaches this battlefield.
AEW Dynamite (24th May, 2024)
Hostile Intent Vs Private Party
#1 contender title shot for the AEW Tag titles
The top two ranked teams will duel it out tonight to determine the next challenger for Rush and Andrade’s AEW tag titles at Double or Nothing. The bell rings as Quen and Penta start us off. The two have a great exchange, with Penta single handily taking out both men, but his momentum is halted after Quen distracts the ref, allowing for Isiah to stun Penta over the top rope. Private Party then take turns working over Penta, preventing him from escaping with a tag. Isiah climbs the top rope, hyping up the crowd who relentlessly boo him. HE DIVES OFF THE TOP FOR A SWANTON BOMB, BUT PENTA RAISES HIS KNEES, DRIVING THEM INTO ISIAH’S SPINE. Penta crawls over to his corner, as Quen jumps in, pulling Penta back by his leg. Isiah throws Penta into the corner, and follows him there for a SPLASH, BUT PENTA FLIPS OVER HIM USING THE TOP ROPE, LATCHING ONTO QUEN’S HEAD, AND HITTING A BACKBREAKER. The crowd are on their feet, as Penta makes his crawl yet again, he dives to make the tag, ONLY FOR PAC TO DROP OFF THE APRON. PAC starts backing away as Alex and Penta shout at him. Isiah is back at his feet at this point, and he starts attacking Penta. PAC just stares at the chaos, as Private Party start double teaming Penta. Alex tries to talk sense to PAC, but PAC just clocks Alex, shutting him up temporarily. La Faccion Ingobernable has had enough, as they make their way down. The start shouting at PAC too, who just coldly stares them down. Penta is able to fight off the double team in this time, fighting at the top rope. Rush orders PAC to get into the ring, and PAC just smirks at him, AS SWERVE AND SAMOA JOE STAND RIGHT BEHIND EM, SMACKING THEM OVER THE BACK WITH CHAIRS. PAC JOINS IN THE ATTACK, SLAMMING ANDRADE INTO THE STEEL STEPS. As the assault continues outside, Penta is briefly distracted, GIVING PRIVATE PARTY ENOUGH TIME TO LAND A PICTURE PERFECT GIN AND JUICE. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Private Party def. Hostile Intent
La Faccion is further wrecked after the match, with PAC chucking Penta out of the ring. Swerve puts his hand out for Private Party, who look at one another, and then gleefully shake the man’s hand. This wasn’t the end for this faction for this week however, as on the rampage before Double or Nothing, Swerve renames the faction to ‘Mogul Empire’. Mogul Empire crash a promo between The House of Black and Facción de Sangre Derramada, declaring themselves as title contenders based on star power alone. The House of Black fear no team, accepting both challenges.
AEW Double or Nothing (28th May, 2024)
Private Party Vs Rush and Andrade (La Faccion Ingobernable)
AEW World Tag Team Championship
In this match, Rush and Andrade are fighting at a disadvantage, being bruised up from their last encounter against the Mogul Empire, and also missing backup for the night. Mogul Empire on the other hand, have a battalion at their disposal, as Parker Boudreaux and Trench cause constant distractions and interference, causing Andrade to be caught with a GIN AND JUICE. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Private Party def. Rush and Andrade
The Mogul Empire have already managed to capture the tag titles tonight, adding in even more gold will further cement the faction as the next best thing in AEW. Let’s see if they can do so.
PAC, Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland (Mogul Empire)Vs Facción de Sangre Derramada Vs House of Black
AEW Trios Titles
House of Black have been on a dominant, yearlong title run. They have been racking defences, defeating top teams left and right. This might be their most unique challenge yet, as even as the champions, they are not the centre of attention in this match. The true story going in is the blood feud between Fenix and PAC, alongside the immediate rise of the Mogul Empire. And the Mogul Empire almost had the win in the bag, until the ref goes down, and La Faccion make their way down. They have the steel chairs this time, wrecking shit and knocking out the Mogul Empire. They go after Fenix and Dragon Lee too, but they get knocked the fuck right back with SPINNING HEEL KICKS on the chairs, bouncing off their domes. Brody King tries to shut this shit down, hitting a DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE ON FENIX AND DRAGON. He IRISH WHIPS Bandido into the corner, WHO JUST STEPS ALL THE WAY UP, BALANCING ON THE STEEL RINGPOST, DIVING OFF TO LAND A SENTON ATOMICA ONTO MALAKAI BLACK ON THE OUTSIDE. Brody decides to let that go for now, focusing on the win instead. He brings Buddy back to his feet, as they go for DANTE’S INFERNO on REY FENIX. BUDDY LIFTS FENIX UP FOR THE VERTICAL SUPLEX, BUT FENIX ESCAPES OUT THE BACK, LANDING A POISONRANA ON BUDDY. Dragon Lee catches Brody off-guard with a SUPERKICK. He staggers back a bit, only to be shook by a SUPERKICK FROM FENIX. Brody refuses to go down however, firing up instead as he goes for a DOUBLE LARIAT, but the two men duck under AND LAND A DOUBLE SUPERKICK, SENDING BRIDY TUMBLING OUT OF THE RING. Fenix immediately runs the ropes as Dragon waits from for him at the end, AND POPS FENIX IN THE AIR, LAUNCHING HIM OUTSIDE FOR AN ELEVATED PLANCHA ONTO BRODY KING. Bandido has made his way into the ring, as Dragon and Bandido lift Buddy UP FOR A DOUBLE DRAGON DRILLER, AND DROPPING HIM HEAD FIRST ON THEIR KNEES. FENIX MAKES HIS WAY TO THE TOP ROPE, BRIEFLY LOOKS UP AT THE SKY, THEN LANDS THE FROG SPLASH. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Facción de Sangre Derramada def. Mogul Empire and House of Black
Swerve is shell shocked at this loss, PAC and Joe fuming out their ears. They obviously want revenge, beating Facción de Sangre Derramada for the trios title would be a dream, but they’re eyes are on a different faction right now. Forbidden Door is coming along, maybe they can get some help.
AEW Forbidden Door (25th June, 2024)
Penta, Rush, Preston Vance, Andrade, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi (Los Ingobernables) Vs Pac, Samoa Joe, Swerve Strickland, Mark Quen, Isiah Cassidy, El Phantasmo and KENTA (Mogul Empire and Bullet Club)
Fuck AAA. This is our booking. Also fuck New Japan. El Phantasmo is the leader of Bullet Club by now. In the weeks leading up to the ppv, we saw teases from Rush and Andrade of the band coming back together. Swerve was planning something for himself this time around though, scouting the strongest talent that hates LIJ with all his might. He found the absolute right men for the job. On the penultimate episode before the ppv, Bullet Club and Mogul Empire have surrounded the ring. ELP stands between the ring and the rampway, shouting at Naito to show up, UNTIL FINALLY, STARDUST BLARES THROUGH THE ARENA, AND OUT WALK THE LIJ FAITFUL THE EVEN THE ODDS. A HUGE BRAWL ENSUES BETWEEN THE FACTION, WITH NAITO AND ELP LETTING THEIR BOYS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING, OPTING TO TRY AND PSYCHE THE OTHER OUT AS THE SHOW GOES TO AN ADBREAK. The match itself is a fun multi-man with Los Ingobernables acting as the crowd favourites. The match concludes, as Rush, Andrade and Naito go into three separate corners, AND LAND BULLS HORNS, RUNNING KNEE STOMP AND DESTINO ON PAC, ISIAH AND KENTA RESPECTIVELY. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Los Ingobernables def. Bullet Club and Mogul Empire
Once the match concludes, Naito cuts an address in Japanese for the fans. Shouting out all the men in the ring, the fans here tonight, and across the globe. “We may shout for LIJ tonight, but this message is for Los Ingobernales in this building tonight. SO, SHOUT WITH ME WHEN I END IT. PENTA, PRESTON, HIROMU, SHINGO, BUSHI, RUSH, ANDRADE AND NAITO. NOSOTROS! LOS INGOBERNABLES…DE JAPON.” All of the men raise their fist in LI solidarity, even Penta opting to join in, now integrated as one.
Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado and Ren Narita (Strong Style) Vs Facción de Sangre Derramada
AEW Trios Title
Strong Style returns to Forbidden Door, after securing a huge win in last years show. This is a very different challenge for Facción de Sangre Derramada, as String Style cut off their wings and force em on the mat, and in striking exchanges. Them boys more than hold their own, as the fight devolves into CHOP and Springboard KICKS. In the end, Despie goes for a PINCHE LOCO, BUT FENIX COUNTERS IT INTO A HURICURANA PIN. ONE…TWO…THREE…
Facción de Sangre Derramada def. Strong Style
Facción de Sangre Derramada make their first defence of the title, as Despie puts his hand forth, shaking it with Fenix. Says he wants to see him again in the future. “Super Juniors.”, says Fenix as Despie gives him a shrug.
AEW Dynamite (August, 2024)
Penta Vs PAC Vs Fenix
Ladder Match
As the weeks led up, Penta, PAC and Fenix, all laid their eyes on the TNT title. None of the men have won the title yet, and all men want to prove their worth as singles competitors in the eyes of their Death Triangle counterparts. This results in the brawls getting even more rampant between the three factions, until the destruction of the set and arena has reached a boiling point, and a triple threat ladder match is decided upon, to crown the next challenger for the TNT title, at Double or Nothing. All three men make promises off their own, wanting to beat the rest fair and square. All three men ask their respective factions to stand back, they must deal with themselves. The match itself is more brutal than flippy. None of these men are friends anymore. Blood has already been split, and they’re willing to spill more. In the final moments of the match, Penta is almost at the top, the brass ring finger tips away, UNTIL FENIX RUNS UP ANOTHER LADDER WEDGED INTO THIS ONE, AND LEAPS OVER PENTA, CATCHING HIM TO LAND A CANDIAN DESTROYER OFF THE LADDER ONTO THE TABLE BELOW. The crowd goes insane as brothers lie in a heap of dust and blood. Half a minute later, PAC starts climbing the ladder himself, almost at the top, before Fenix climbs up to. He won’t quit, he won’t lose to either man. He lands a SPINNING HEEL KICK on PAC, staggering him, and he’s almost reached the ring, BEFORE PAC GRABS FENIX BY HIS MASK, AND SHOVES HIM OFF THE TOP ONTO THE LADDER WEDGED BELOW. The ladder PAC’s on almost buckles, but he regains himself and unhooks the brass ring, WINNING THE WHOLE DAMN THING.
PAC def. Penta and Rey
PAC celebrates with Mogul Empire who come down to show their appreciation. Both the La Faccion come down to check on their men. Penta is livid at Fenix, because of whom he lost them match, so they launch on attack, AS THE TWO FACTIONS FIGHT OUT YET AGAIN TO CLOSE OUT THR SHOW, WITH SWERVE JUST LAUGHING HIS ASS OFF.
AEW All Out (September, 2024)
Rush and Andrade (La Faccion de Ingobernable) Vs Private Party Vs Dragon Lee and Bandido (Facción de Sangre Derramada) Vs FTR Vs Best Friends Vs Young Bucks
AEW World Tag titles
Gauntlet match
Yes, we’re doing this. It’s a lot, I know, but it’s good. All these factions and teams duel it out, showcasing the best of AEW’s tag division, but in the end, IT’S THE BEST FRIENDS WHO REGAIN THEIR TAG TITLES. 2 TIME CHAMPS. This isn’t super relevant to the story, but Swerve ends up winning the Casino Ladder match later in the night, guaranteeing a World title shot for himself whenever he wants one.
PAC Vs Keith Lee
TNT Title
Keith Lee has been having a healthy reign with the TNT title, far and away from Swerve, but it seems Swerve comes knocking yet again, as this match concludes with a distracted ref and a SMACK TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD, WITH THE POKER CHIP SWERVE JUST WON. PAC CLIMBS THE TOP ROPE, LINES IT UP, AND LANDS THE BLACK ARROW. ONE…TWO…THRE, HE LETS IT GO, NOT SATISFIED, AND PROCEEDS TO LOCK IN THE BRUTALIZER. LEE IS ALREADY KNOCKED OUT, SO REF CALLS FOR THE BELL.
PAC def. Keith Lee
PAC wins the TNT title, as the white guys in Mogul Empire, lift PAC over their shoulders. Pac raises the TNT title, as Swerve says, “Just as promised.”
Rey Fenix Vs Penta
First Blood
The blood might be blocked by the masks, so you’re just gonna have to make em bleed more. These brother have fought several times before, but something has fundamentally changed now. This time, it feels like there’s no going back. All the weapons are brought out, as they throw them one another. Charis are hurled, barbed wire bats, through tables etc., but no blood visible yet. That is until Fenix places a BARBED WIRE BOARD ON A TABLE IN THE RING. With Penta sitting on the top rope, Fenix climbs to the top tope, AND GOES FOR A SUPER HURRICURANA. PENTA POWERS THROUGH HOWEVER, BLOCKING IT. IT LOKS LIKE PENTA WILL LIFT FENIX UP FOR A POWERBOMB, BUT INSTEAD HE CHANGES GRIPS TO LAND A SUPER PILEDRIVER THROUGH THE BARBED WIRE TABLE. The crowd goes insane as the ref check up on Fenix, declaring that he indeed is gushing blood.
Penta def. Rey Fenix
The medics rush to the ring, as Penta looks down on his brother. There’s no celebration, Penta just walks away. Penta has fear in his eyes, but before he leaves, he shouts one last time, CERO MIEDO.

I recently went down a journey to discover India’s A rated cinema, movies that were deemed to be suitable for adults audiences only. The Indian film industry isn’t known for its A rated films. In fact, less than 1 in 5 films rated A releases every year in India and these figures are from 2016. The number has gone down further since. Figures for the same for the US have also fallen but still remain much higher than that of India.
So why is this the case?
There are 2 reasons- CBFC and the Indian rating system

Reason 1: Central Board of Film Certification or popularly known as the “censor board”

As I continued to travel along my journey, I noticed something strange. The fact that even after the A rating, the film had bleeped out curses. Moreover, after checking the IMDb runtime of these films, I realized that some entire scenes were cut out altogether. If the film already had a mature content rating, why were these additional steps taken?
Here I was thinking that CBFC, like the MPAA of USA, just classifies and certifies the movies and does not actually censoremove anything. But as I could see very clearly, this was not the case. (I also realized that the abbreviation "CBFC'' does not actually contain the words "censor board". I genuinely thought that CBFC stood for censor board).
Turns out CBFC actually has the same job as the MPAA but unlike MPAA, CBFC holds the power to stop a film from releasing altogether. This was not the case until one particular case in 1970, K.A. Abbas versus Union of India , where Abbas had made a documentary film, A Tale of Four Cities (1968), which was granted an “A” certificate for viewing only by adults. He challenged the Cinematograph Act as he wanted his film to be viewed by all. The Chief Justice Hidayatullah upheld the law on the ground that films had an “instant appeal” and could “stir up emotions more deeply than any other product of art”.
From here on out, CBFC got the power to stop films from releasing until it was censored to meet the standards of the board on what they thought was good for the general public. CBFC’s own data shows that a greater proportion of feature films are being passed with cuts in recent times. About a decade ago, two out of every three Indian movies were certified without any cuts; now, that has fallen to one in every two.
Here is where the trouble of Indian directors and writers begin.
I think most people know most of the rest of the story. But here is how the process started to go for a film to get certified and released in India:

1. Send a copy of the film to CBFC
2. CBFC views it and decides on one of the three things- gives a U rating, gives a U/ A rating with suggested cuts, or gives an A rating with list of required cuts.
3. Once a film has been given either of the three ratings, there is no way a film could go from A to U/ A or U/ A to U. The certification is permanent. So for a filmmaker who has received an A rating, they have to do the required cuts for the film to be released. Or they can go to the court and contest CBFC's decision. (more on this below)
4. The film finally gets released if the filmmaker does the required cuts or it gets lost in the limbo forever cause CBFC's decision also applies to all physical media.

The final point is less damning now since OTT platforms do not come under CBFC jurisdiction so filmmakers can go direct to streaming, but before the streaming era this is what actually happened to multiple filmmakers. Most famous example- Paanch (2003).
If a filmmaker goes to court to contest the CBFC decision, they are bound to wait at least a year before the court makes a decision. This is not feasible for most production houses due to monetary concerns so all they can really do is edit the film as requested because the other option is dealing with the Indian legal system and most prefer not to do that. There are some filmmakers who have done this and the results they received were not appealing for other people to go and follow. For example, movies like Black Friday (2004) and Udta Punjab (2016) While the latter example had the benefit of being in a digital age and receiving support from the general public, Kashyap's Black Friday was blocked for release for 2 years while the production house battled in court for its release.
And after all this, reception by the public of said films remains lukewarm at best due to lack of promotion. Here too CBFC plays a role. While content shown on television (normal cable TV) does not come under CBFC, the promos and advertisements that are showcased do. So here again we see stringent censorship that often blocks or limits promotion of A rated films.

Reason 2: Indian rating system

Audience ratings is a fairly new thing in India. Before IMDb was popularized in India (and used by TV shows for promotion), there were only two metrics by which a person could know whether or not a film was worth watching- what critics thought of the film and whether it was a box office hit or a flop.
The latter played (and continues to play) a vital role in swaying a person. “Movie hit thi ya flop?” (Was the movie hit or flop) is a common phrase used by several of us when deciding whether or not we should see this film. If the movie gains money at the box office, it’s a hit. If not it’s a flop. Box office is everything that matters for everyone- audiences, production houses and critics. And herein lies another reason why A rated films are so rare.
On average, A rated films earn way less than a U or U /A rated film. This is true everywhere but its force is more immensely felt in India. Films that are loved by audiences and critics but fail to gain money at the box office are labeled flop and that title remains with it for the rest of life.
So how does all this lead to the current state of Indian cinema? Production houses became increasingly risk proof. They started giving money to safe films, films that were guaranteed to be certified and released by CBFC and that were controversy free. This gives us the infamous term "masala movies". Pick out any A-list actor, get about-competent screenwriters to write a script, get a director to make a film that looked similar to every other similar film released in the past decade and voila, you have a hit on your hands. We started seeing such movies everywhere and films that were riskier and tackled mature content became almost extinct for a while. Add into this the inherently nepotistic industry and a fundamentally flawed rating system and we are left with the current state of Indian cinema. A constant stream of mediocre content using the same old storylines that 90s love stories used. Oh and the monthly biopics (dont forget about that, industry just loves them).
Are there any signs of change? Well OTT platforms seem to be taking a few risks and with the rising popularity of rating aggregators people are starting to see what the general consensus of the above talked films are like. But overall reform still seems very far and doesn’t seem likely to change anytime in near future.
If youve reached so far, thanks for reading my thoughts and please share yours too.

The pair watched the class being led away by Bak Stah’Ber and just stood in silence. A silence that lasted far longer than anyone would find comfortable till Alex finally broke it.
“Was the dance show really necessary?”
“Human, I think you will find it was very necessary. I have a reputation to keep up, and while the news may not be the best, I have a way to give it.”
“Best?” Alex echoed. “You told her her parents are dead and dying, and you did so with pyrotechnics and a dance number.”
“Well, when you put it like that, it makes me seem a bit heartless. Regardless what is done is done. Now human, I kept you back for a specific reason.”
“Lady Plutarchie, I know you know my name.”
“That I do, but you are a debtor to me. Till you repay it, your name will never leave my lips.”
“Yet the debt I have can never be repaid.”
“Yes, that very much is what it seems. You are too much like my one true love. How is he, by the way?”
“Sloth?”
“Yes, he is the only one I would abandon my ways for. The heart yearns, as they say.”
“He is his usual self. Focusing on random research.”
“Still up to mischief?”
“Not nearly as much as you’d think,” Lust seemed to slump at Alex’s reply.
“He has always been an odd duck. But he was meant to be my odd duck… you know you remind me of him when he was young.”
“I’ve been told I am very much like he was.”
“Yes, too much. Had he not still existed in this realm, I would’ve assumed you to be his reincarnation. Human… I can already see the divergence; you achieved what we could not.”
“What’s that?”
“You were able to become one with your love… Yes, I am Lady Lust, but that sexy beast of a man that is Sloth is… well, I won’t say more.” Alex decidedly held his tongue about the phrase sexy beast. His master was the source for the image of a mad researcher. Beast is probably the only word that could ever be attributed by anyone else.
“Why don’t you go ahead and marry him?”
“Oh, that ship has long sailed. Way back when my grandfather founded this domain and joined forces with Lord Hades… I hoped to bond with Victor's domain. But it was forbidden by my father, and I was bound by a soul contract never to do such a thing. It is a tragedy to lose one's love. It is why I don’t go after those whose hearts are already claimed.”
“Regardless, I take it you didn’t ask me to remain just to talk about my master?”
“Yes… I assume you can tell why I asked you to remain?”
“To not pursue this?” Lust nodded.
“Yes, I am at this moment giving you an order as a debtor. You are not to pursue this situation yourself. If you proceed to do so, you will be in breach of contract.”
“That seems fair.”
“I am aware it is fair… I need you to confirm you accept the order human. You will not hide yourself behind wordplay with me. Any loophole in an agreement is only there because I left it there. Now confirm you accept my order.”
“I accept your order.”
“To?”
“I accept your order not to pursue this situation regarding Daisy’s parents myself.” As Alex finished saying these words, his entire being glowed faintly for a few seconds.
“Good, the agreement is set… now human, read these,” Lust said as she took a bundle of documents from a servant and handed them to him.
“These are?”
“Reports of the investigation.”
“But you just ordered-?”
“Human, I ordered you not to pursue it yourself. I am commissioning you to study these. The orders may overlap, but there is no contradiction. I cannot have one with your power running free to seek revenge. We are on the brink of war. We cannot leave openings. Now read through the documents and accounts. I know you ‘researchers’ are good at picking up on information between the lines. Now begone, I have a ‘party’ with several lords from Greed’s domain to see to.”
Accepting the bundle of documents, Alex followed a now-returned Bak Stah’Ber out of the throne room towards the bedrooms where the class had been taken.
“How are they?” Alex asked.
“They are currently stressing over how to approach the young lady. The young lady herself is currently in her room with a strangely small dragon wearing what looks like a metallic slime for armour.” As with many royal estates, this one had an array built into the structure that would allow the head servant to be aware of the status of its guests. The moment they wanted food, it would already be on its way.
Alex, however, momentarily paused midstep upon hearing that. He had suspected one of them had ‘adopted’ a duck-sized dragon. It was a bit hard not to hear the little yaps when the baggage was being loaded. But he had suspected either Bea or maybe Tasha. Daisy would’ve been one of his last guesses.
“Here is your room, sir. The young lady is in that room there,” Bak Stah’Ber said, gesturing to a pair of doors slightly further down the hallway. Thanking the butler, Alex settled into his room and began reading the investigation documents.
The documents were quite a read in of themselves. He could already identify a near dozen people embezzling funds. But of the names he had identified, nine were already listed as identified. Scribbling the extra names onto the list, Alex continued through the provided documents and ledgers.
Of all the criminal activity contained within the documents provided, the vast majority were within what was considered acceptable corruption. The thing is that there was always someone going to skim something. Sometimes graft was needed to enable the smooth running of the system. It was unfortunate, but despite his eccentricity, Alex was a pragmatist.
It was as he went further into the documents he began to see four names stick out more and more. There was Stephano, a merchant from Greed's domain. He was one of the merchant guild's wealthiest members, and with a new Greed transfer upcoming, he would need that final push to put him into the spot of richest.
Despite the hidden trap of the seat of Greed, it was still a seat of incredible power and influence. The ability to help govern the trade of the entire continent was such that even the relative poverty of the position would not stop someone ambitious enough.
The next name that popped out to him was Septus. The man held considerable authority over the military of the royal domain. He held command over the city's entire military forces and was someone gunning for the seat of Envy. A seat that only respected military ability, something he had little chance to display. But with all his actions, there was the chance of a criminal gang war starting out in the capital. Something he would benefit significantly from.
The next name was Lux Lightbringer. Someone Alex had only heard rumours about, but none of the rumours were pleasant. Most worryingly for this one was payments linked to the Bertolini Trade company. A company that had come under recent suspicion after he had destroyed a fortress of slavers and documents discovered showed they had links.
The last name was a woman named Gabriella. In his recollection, she was a minor functionary within the court of Crozonia. But she had leveraged every benefit to give herself a lavish lifestyle. However, her abilities were lacking, and she was on the verge of having her nobility revoked.
Four names and four possibilities as to who was responsible for the Haemont assault. The merchant desperately scrambling for the seat of greed, the commander without any accolades, A merchant and possible slave trader or a noble on the verge of losing everything.
He had to admit even with these possibilities laid out before him; he couldn’t identify who had been behind it. Septus seemed likely as the guard were behind the attack. But he would be the obvious suspect, and the guard wasn’t exactly hard to bribe.
The best he could do for now would be to pass on what his analysis had discovered and pass it back to Lust. But part of him hesitated; he had seen the fiery rage that had taken hold of Daisy’s heart. It was a flame he recognised all too well.
Even now, with all his power and influence, he couldn’t lie to himself. He knew he was still that scared and angry eight-year-old that ran away from the burning remains of his village. It was why he so desperately held onto everyone he made bonds with.
“I’d like some cleaning alcohol, please,” he said aloud.
As he waited for the product to arrive, he was left with his own thoughts. He could so easily hunt these people down and be done with it. But he was now bound by an agreement he had made with lust. Before he could get lost in his thoughts, a knock at the door came.
“I have the cleaning alcohol, sir, and a tankard as was requested.” Alex smiled as he took the bottle and mug from Bak Stah’Ber. He hadn’t even mentioned a tankard, but the butler had intuited his desire.
“Is everything ok, sir? You seem troubled.”
“It’s this whole situation.”
“Yes, nasty business that. Shame that you yourself cannot pursue it without mine lady's order.”
“Yes…” Alex agreed as he sipped his drink. To anyone else, this would’ve felt like burning, but to him and Yuu it was a light tickle. But as the drink trickled down his throat, a thought struck him.
“Thank you, Bak Stah’Ber,” the butler nodded and left the room.
He now could see how it could proceed forwards… but it would be tricky, and he was loathe to put the kids into a truly dangerous situation. But he supposed that protecting his charges would take precedence over not pursuing. Especially if it wasn’t him himself pursuing the situation.
“Sir?” a voice from the door asked.
“Come in, Bea,” The door opened, and Bea walked in and settled into the seat across from him.
“How can I help?”
“We want to get revenge for Daisy.”
“I can’t,” Alex replied with a shake of his head.
“But sir, we have seen you-”
“I am bound not to pursue this,” Alex said as he gestured to the documents still on the table.
“I cannot go rampaging around Hades Seat killing without cause or reason. Especially as we don’t know which of these four did it,” Alex explained as he moved a few pages around to make sure she could see the names he had circled.
“They’re a dangerous bunch, and someone like me who draws a lot of attention would be a hindrance in finding the real culprit,” Bea nodded in response to this observation. Alex was grateful it was Bea who had come.
Tasha would’ve taken his words at face value. Maxwell was already dealing with a lot of family stuff, so he would’ve been too distracted to read the subtext. While likely reading the subtext, Kline and Gunter would’ve hesitated to act on it. Daisy was the only one he wouldn’t have even attempted this with. He knew that fire needed friends to keep it controlled. He couldn’t let Daisy become a monster.
“I hope you understand, Bea. I will not pursue anything to do with this and will pass these names on to Lady Lust this evening. But we still have some time to stay in the capital, so I hope you can try your best to cheer up Daisy while the real culprit is found out.”
“Understood, sir… Have a good evening; sorry for intruding,” Bea rose from her seat, pausing only to glance one more time at the circled names while Alex very conspicuously tilted his head back to drink.
“Have a good evening, Bea… also could you get the guys to check up on Daisy… I’m sure she could really use friends right about now.”
“Message is loud and clear, sir. I’ll see if we can get a load of booze and get her so drunk she doesn’t care.”
“That’s… That’s a plan, I suppose.” With a final goodbye, the door closed behind Bea, leaving Alex all alone once more.
“I hope I’ve done the right thing,” he muttered, thinking about what Lust had said. That any loophole there is because she left it there.
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is this alright , should i change some components?
would welcome any suggestion , is amazon safe generally?
What will you be doing with this PC? - 1080p gaming and work
What is your maximum budget? 65k
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? - quick
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (Tower)
Which state/city will you be purchasing the parts in? mp, i have no preference for anything ,just want the best deal
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? none
Will you be overclocking? nah
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? no
Do you have any specific case preferences? matx
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? nah

I (20F) am from Ohio, and in 2020 l started college in NYC, but in spring of 2022 while I was living with my 5 best friends (all 20F or 21F) in NY, my mental health took a sharp decline. I chose to take a gap year at home, which is where I am now.
This year my friends & I planned a spring break trip 1.5 hrs upstate by bus for them from NYC. It was important for me to go because they're my best friends, even though I live so far from them right now. The trip was a 7.5 hr drive for me & l've never done a road trip by myself before. My parents (who I am very, very grateful for) paid for my gas & hotel stays to ease my trip because I have severe driving anxiety. I drove 4 hours to a hotel on Friday, 4 hours to our Airbnb on Saturday, 4 hours to my hotel on Monday, & 4 hours home on Tuesday.
My friends took a bus from NYC to where we stayed. Importantly, my car seats 5 people, but there are 6 of us. The town wasn't walkable, so l ended up driving everyone where they wanted to go, squished in my car, for most of the trip. At one point I mentioned this to my parents, and they got upset because if I got pulled over I would be fined & have to go to court in NY, and if we got in an accident then my parents risked losing our insurance. This made me even more anxious, but Monday when our trip ended, I chose to drive them to the bus station that was 3 mins from our place so they could get home.
I waited with them, in the rain & cold, but the bus never came, due to inclement weather (it was barely more than a drizzle, nj transit SUCKS). They looked for another bus station around, & I chose to drive them to the next closest, 15 minutes away. We waited for 2 hours, but again the bus never came (apparently only running during rush hour, despite what the nj transit app said. again, nj transit SUCKS). We were in the middle of nowhere. There were no Ubers around. They turned to me, and they asked me to drive them close to NYC where they could catch a bus. I said no, reminding them what my parents said about me driving, especially somewhere close to an hour away (in the opposite direction of my hotel). They asked me if I could drive just 3 of them to a train station 35 minutes away. I was so anxious, I froze. I told them "I need to go to my car." In my head, this meant I needed to go think before I chose what to do. I had a 4 hour drive to go stay in a hotel by myself, as a 20 yr old girl & wanted to get there before sundown for safety and anxiety. To them, it came across as "I'm leaving." While sitting in my car crying I called my dad. He felt guilty because he was the one who told me I couldn't drive them. He called a limo company for them because it was the only thing he could think of. I texted one of my friends to tell them this, & she said that 3 of them had already left in the only Uber in the area. She then asked if I could drive the two of them who were left to a train station. I asked how far, she said 35 minutes, and I agreed to do it, being just the two of them. But then she switched up and said nevermind. I was confused, and I told her again that I would take her. She said no. I said "are you 100% sure" & she said "yes, just go." So I left.
1.5 hours into my drive to my hotel, I felt extremely guilty for freezing up. I know I messed up. I should have stayed and insisted that I take the 2 who were left, so I pulled over. I texted them to apologize, tell them I had a fun weekend, & I hoped they got home safe.
30 mins later I got a response, and I pulled over again. The text I received in response broke me. One said it was "one of the most selfish things [she] ever witnessed" & that I was "OK with watching [my] best friends be stranded in the pouring rain while [I] had a free day with nothing to do." They said they are reconsidering their friendships with me. Crying, I called my mom & told her the situation and that I needed a currently rational person to help me mend it. She helped me write a response apologizing for my reaction to the situation, explaining my perspective, but also explaining that in the moment I was really working on a solution with my dad. I sent this on Monday of last week. I have still not gotten a response as of today, which is Friday of the week after, so it has been almost 2 weeks since I apologized and I have received zero communication from them.
My heart hurts so much. All this past weekend I watched them on social media celebrating one of their 21st birthdays, having so much fun, all while knowing they're in an echo chamber affirming each other that I was in the wrong completely. I texted the birthday girl happy birthday and got no response. I'm also getting frustrated. How could all of the amazing things we've all done together be ruined by this one miscommunication? I feel like they are disregarding how much my parents & I gave for me to join them on this trip. I took 5 days off from my job. My parents spent money on gas & hotels. Without my car, the trip would have been a bust. But at the same time, I'm not ready to let these friendships go and I do know that I did something wrong. My family & friends at home in Ohio are angry on my behalf, telling me I did the right thing & they're doing me a disservice by ignoring my perspective. But clearly what I did was unforgivable to warrant this reaction from them. I don't want to lose these friendships. I already apologized, but I'm being frozen out completely from 2 states away.
How should I go about mending these relationships, if they are even worth fixing? Should I tell them that I am upset with them too?Should I just let them go and move on with my life?
TLDR; I left my friends in a bad situation and I apologized, but they won't even talk about what happened.

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As a builder I end up doing a lot of building inspections for friends and family. It's a pain in my arse- if I take any money there's moral liability issues, but often I end up doing 10 or 15 housing inspections and end up with a 6 pack of beers.
As a consequence I've gotten real good at taking non-builders through the basic things to look out for, and I thought I'd share that with the group, for any of yous lucky enough to be buying a house in this climate.
Before we begin- this is a public service aimed at other builders in the same boat as me. Not you, you lucky bastard. Quit whinging about how hard it is looking for a house and buy your mate a bottle of lagavulin. Legally- you can definitely read this and skip an actual building inspection. Totally. Ive got a flair from reddit which is a govt recognized accreditation. I accept full liability. Email me @ [email protected].
Let's start from the top-
Roof:
step back and look at the lines and planes of the roof. Any faults in the roof framing will be visible to the eye in sags in the top line or any plane. If it bends down in the middle of the top ridge or along any plane there are framing issues.
Penetrations: how many holes have been made for chimneys, HWC, TV aerials etc? The more things coming out of the roof the higher the risk. The older they are the more the risk increases.
Tin roofs: it's horribly expensive to pull the old lead washer nails up and replace them. The nails are a massive pain to pull without damaging the tin and the big washers are 2 bucks a pop. If it's nailed not screwed try to take at least half of a reroof (avg 30k in akl ish- plus insulation and hurricane ties while it's off another 10)
Tile roofs- concrete tile roofs last pretty much forever. Is it painted? Are there tiles missing? Cracked? Recently replaced? Tile roofs are heavy- check the planes and lines a second time to look for framing issues. They will show much more than in tin.
Downpipes: how many are there? How does the gutter look? Is there some fall? Is there mossy bits? Do they go into a storm or just discharge onto the ground? We'll get back to this with drainage.
Most building inspection companies have a waiver that they don't cover roofs- there's too much other shit to look at and it's too dangerous for them to clamber about- so the roof condition is perhaps the most important thing to judge for yourself.
Eave: does the building have a roof overhang? Eg the roof extends past the walls a significant amount? Preferably 600mm at least 400mm? No? Is it older than 2011? Only get it inspected if you think you can get 200k off the asking price.
Stick your head up into the attic. Is there paper under the tin? If tiles can you see any patches of light coming through? Is it insulated? With what? Can you see any evidence of water staining or rot?
Cladding:
Let's just get out the gate and say any 90s build external monolithic EIFTS or wtf it's called fake Spanish adobo no eave bullshit is a great buy. Can't go wrong. Probably a real bargain. Get in quickly! Skip an inspection!!!
Fibre cement pre 1988. Asbestos is the perfect building material. The Romans used to make napkins out of it. They'd finish dinner, wipe their face, throw them in the fire, and pull them out snowy white and ready for another meal. Asbestos also has excellent thermal qualities, electrical resistance, and longevity. They still pull Asbestos napkins out of the ground in mint condition. I cannot get enough asbestos in my buildings. I need more asbestos. It's flawless. Inject it into my veins.
Jokes aside- you can often pick up an asbestos clad house for a bargain. Theyre mint. You just can't change the floor plan without paying a fortune. IMHO you're more likely to have issues with a new fibre cement clad.
Windows: windows are the nasal cavities of the deadly virus known as leaky house syndrome. How is it transmitted? NO ONE KNOWS. But look at the gib inside under the corners of the windows. And the skirting. Pull back the carpet. How old is the house? Can I be fucked talking about flashings? Nah bro I cannot.
Framing: main thing to check for the layman is borer. When you've stuck your head up in the roof have a good look for it. Do the same in the sub floor. If the realtor is not looking whip out yore sledgie and knock a couple quick holes into the gib. They won't mind. Most realtors know the best way to patch a hole is a bit of A3 paper and some PVA. Trust me. I'm a realtor. Change my flair.
Mostly borer will start from the subfloor and work it's way up. You do hit the odd older house where the subfloor is something bug resistant and the cladding is miro and the walls are sapwood rimu and completely fucked. Get the sledge out bro. It'll be fine.
Foundations:
Pile Foundations- get under the house. First thing we're looking for is rot. Crawl all around. Get nice and dirty. Then come out again- you don't know anything about bearer spacing. You're wasting your time under there. Who's your builder he's a fucking idiot.
Concrete: if there's cracks in the slab or the blockwork then you've got some problems.
Drainage: ah Jesus paddy Drainage is fucking complicated. Again most building inspection companies AFAIK will have some sort of waiver cos they don't cctv the lines. I dunno. Kick a gully trap. Does it ring a little bit? Should be all good.
Plumbing: do a massive jobbie in the loo. Wipe like you're meeting cleopatra for lunch. See what happens. Hopefully some kind plumber will talk about butelyne pipes because I'm all out of fucks. Are they black? Butelyne is black. I think 80s-90s. That's all I know.
Electrical- open the board. Lick your finger and rub it around. I'm out of beers and this house is ugly. Just buy it anyway.
Disclaimer: this one's for my fellow builders. I realize I've done a shit job on this. It's the clients fault. Feel free to pile in with some help.
If anyone has any questions it's a six pack of beers per answer. Stay safe out there team and good luck.

I'm bored, no football, no money so all my flatmates are out and I'm not. Drinking beer at mine, just finished watching 21 grams (great film btw) fuck all else to do except rank our managers, here we gan.

15. McClaren

Yup, the worst manager of our PL history. He easily had the best transfer windows of the Ashley era, and still only managed a 1% better win rate than carver. His managerial record would be the worst thing about his person if its wasn't for his haircut.

14. Kinnear

I do commend Ashley for answering the age long question "What if Abe Simpson managed a football team?" but I really wish he didn't answer this question with the team I support

13. Bruce

Hows the 13th place did ya say? Aye only nice thing I can say is that his stint feels like a lifetime ago

12. Carver

Congratulations, John, you are 🎉not last 🎉 The best coach in the premier league with the worst self awareness in the world. Match made in heaven. Oh well at least I got to see Mike Williamson scissor tackle a player into a camera even though the ball wasn't in play

11. Dalglish

You may be surprised to find him this low down on the list but him dismantling the entertainers to have a reunion with his ex Liverpool buddies set us back years and I will die on that hill.

10. Sounness

Now I'm no big fancy pants football tactician or anything, but, and correct me if I'm wrong, I think it's a good idea to not have your team fight each other in the middle of a match. Just my opinion though, and why listen to me? I'm not even on this list

9. Gullit

"Yeah bro trust me I'm going to bench shearer for the tyne and wear derby trust me it's a great idea bro please trust me why are you turning on me bro it was a great idea it's not the reason we lost 2 -1 bro please" -Ruud Gullit, probably

8. Alladyce

Ah how football changes, see back in the olden days Gargantuan Samuel wasn't known for his great escapes with tin pot clubs, he was known for rocking up to Europe with Jay Jay Okocha (I know you haven't heard that name in a while, it's OK you can take a break from this post to look at YouTube highlights)
But one of the few times I will give credit to oversized Samantha is that he was one of the first to call out Ashley's bullshit. But overall a very unmemorable time in nufc history

7. Pardew

Jesus fucking christ why is pardew so high up on this list why do I spend so much of my emotional energy on this club it's no wonder in drinking cheap beer alone shitposting on a Friday night
Sure he got us into Europe, but with pardew it always felt like individual moments of magic got us through, rather than actual good management and game plan (yes another break is fine I can already hear you type ben arfa nufc into youtube)

6. Roeder

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5. Hughton

Arguably the most unfair sacking in PL history, the only other contenders than come to mind are Dyche at Burnley and Tuchel at Chelsea, walking the championship to 11th place in the prem with not much investment is great return, deserved much better

4. Howe

Still early days, but it's fair to say he's earned his spot high up this list. He's had us playing the best football we've seen in donkeys years. Lot of bright future under this lad

3. Benitez

But I can't help but put rafa above. His football was nowhere near as sexy, but giving hope under Ashley is up there with Jesus walking on water. Rafa had a lot more to deal with than Howe, and I don't just mean the "hOwE HaS sAuDi MoNeY" but Howe gets to meet with the board, talk about the future and see a clear plan. Rafa didn't get any of that, and still brought hope

2. Robson

A true gentleman, what can be said about Sir Bobby that hasn't been said already? Great football, great man. Go watch some highlights, this one isn't a break it's an order

1. Keegan

From nearly getting relegated to the 3rd division to 2nd in the premier league. Keegan saved and transformed this club, they didn't call his team the entertainers for nowt. Legend.

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Race: Gem Dragonborn
Ability Scores: 13/9/14/8/13(+1)/15(+2)
Background: Custom Paleontologist (Perception, Insight, Thieves' Tools, Mason's Tools)
Level 1: Paladin
Level 2-3: Moon Druid. Form= Deinonychus. Spells= Guidance, Mold Earth, Goodberry, Detect Magic, Absorb Elements, Longstrider
Level 4-8: Devotion Paladin. Feat= Resilient Con. Fighting Style= Mariner if allowed, Blessed Warrior if not. Form= Rocktopus after Extra Attack if DM allows it. Spells= Bless, Protection from Evil and Good, Shield of Faith, Sanctuary, Command, Lesser Restoration, Zone of Truth, Aid, Find Steed, Protection from Poison.
Level 9-16: Lore Bard. ASI= +1 Con/+1 Cha and +2 Cha. Magical Secrets= Armor of Agathys, Spirit Guardians. Spells= Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Vicious Mockery, Healing Word, Silvery Barbs, Aid, See Invisibility, Motivational Speech, Tongues, Slow, Plant Growth, Tiny Hut, Freedom of Movement, Dimension Door.
Level 17: Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer. Spells= Fire Bolt, Mind Sliver, Prestidigitation, Message, Shield, Feather Fall
Level 18-20: Battle Master Figher. Superior Technique. Trip Attack, Precision Attack, Riposte,
Before combat, cast Find Steed. Before entering the dungeon, get on your steed, cast Aid and Armor of Agathys at 5th and 6th level then cast Longstrider on yourself and Freedom of Movement. Get off your horse and give it to someone else. Before combat, cast Spirit Guardians on yourself at 7th level. When combat breaks out, use your action to cast Plant Growth and then Wild Shape into a Rocktopus. Action Surge to use Channel Divinity Sacred Weapon on our Tentacles. On subsequent turns, hit creatures twice with your tentacle attack. You have a +10 to hit for 2d6+3 magical bludgeoning damage on a hit and the target becomes restrained. Apply Divine Smite to each hit for additional 5d8 radiant damage. You can use your bonus action to hand out bardic inspirations. Move around the battlefield at 30 ft movement speed until you've restrained 4 targets and knocked them prone with Trip Attack. You have a 14 AC and if anyone tries to hit you, they take 30 cold damage from Armor of Agathys. If they miss, you can hit them back with Riposte. Essentially you're a self contained Evard's Black Tentacles completely locking down the battlefield and dealing Spirit Guardians damage to all of your restrained targets.

From Friday, Mar. 24, 2023 at 14:00 hrs my main screen turned off, it is currently sat, Mar. 25, 2023 at 00:46 hrs, and the main display is still black, I has plenty of battery left and is not dead. only the cover screen is functioning and so I can still send/receive calls though I can only read texts, and not send them. I can read notifications as well. cameras work fine. I can't access any-art of the phone besides that, it won't allow me to restart, shut off, or factory reset it since I'd have to "open the phone" even though it is open- I just doesn't recognize that. this is a major issue as I have important apps, documents and photos on there. I don't know what to do, I am way too busy to have to deal with this as I am in uni and need to focus on my coursework. please help!

From Friday, Mar. 24, 2023 at 14:00 hrs my main screen turned off, it is currently sat, Mar. 25, 2023 at 00:46 hrs, and the main display is still black, I has plenty of battery left and is not dead. only the cover screen is functioning and so I can still send/receive calls though I can only read texts, and not send them. I can read notifications as well. cameras work fine. I can't access any-art of the phone besides that, it won't allow me to restart, shut off, or factory reset it since I'd have to "open the phone" even though it is open- I just doesn't recognize that. this is a major issue as I have important apps, documents and photos on there. I don't know what to do, I am way too busy to have to deal with this as I am in uni and need to focus on my coursework. please help!

From Friday, Mar. 24, 2023 at 14:00 hrs my main screen turned off, it is currently sat, Mar. 25, 2023 at 00:46 hrs, and the main display is still black, I has plenty of battery left and is not dead. only the cover screen is functioning and so I can still send/receive calls though I can only read texts, and not send them. I can read notifications as well. cameras work fine. I can't access any-art of the phone besides that, it won't allow me to restart, shut off, or factory reset it since I'd have to "open the phone" even though it is open- I just doesn't recognize that. this is a major issue as I have important apps, documents and photos on there. I don't know what to do, I am way too busy to have to deal with this as I am in uni and need to focus on my coursework. please help!

Hey fellas. Here's Part 10 of the Exploits of Irving Reese.
I decided that I would retire my fanfiction.net account so I can focus on posting my stories on AO3 and Reddit.
As per usual, you can also find this story and my other works Here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Irving and Enterprise woke up next to each other. Oklahoma and Malcolm’s wedding was coming soon.
Enterprise volunteered to help Oklahoma with dress shopping. While Irving, Samuel, and Warren all decided they were going to help Malcolm make plans for the wedding.
Enterprise and Oklahoma were busy looking through shop windows. The engagement ring on Oklahoma’s hand was shining in the light, and she still could not get over the fact that she was going to get married.
The two shipgirls stopped at a store that had a beautiful white wedding dress.
“I think it looks perfect on you, Oklahoma.”
“You think?”
They entered the store, and Oklahoma put it on. She smiled as she checked herself out in the mirror.
“You’re right!”
Enterprise smiled.
Meanwhile, Irving, Malcolm, Warren, and Samuel were talking about plans for the wedding with the commander. The news about the wedding had spread like wildfire, as it was the first time a shipgirl from the Eagle Union was getting married.
“So the wedding will be on September 19th, and it will be at the church on the Eagle Union part of the base.”
The Commander pulled out a gift bag.
“I have something for you, Malcolm.”
Malcolm opened it and could not believe his eyes.
Inside was a set of pink and greens. They had the patch of the 29th Infantry Division on the sleeves, along with the two chevrons of a corporal on them.
“Thank you, Commander. The other men will wear suits at the wedding.”
After the meeting was over, Irving went back to Enterprise’s room. He saw Enterprise sleeping on the couch. He laid down next to her and slept.
He knew he would have quite a busy few months ahead of him.
The next few months happened as if they didn’t exist. Irving was getting ready for Malcolm’s bachelor party. They were going to the bar with Malcolm and the men, as they planned the bachelor party months ahead of them.
Soon, Irving was at the bar. He saw where Warren, Samuel, and Malcolm were sitting. Irving joined them.
“Hey, bartender. A round of vodka shots for me and my friends.”
The bartender gave each man a shot of vodka.
Irving raised the glass into the air.
“To Malcolm. May he be the best husband he can be.”
“To Malcolm!” The group shouted in unison. They clinked their glasses together and began the party.
After a while, they could tell that they had maybe a bit too much to drink.
Irving was seeing double, and he could barely stand. Realizing that none of them could drive. Irving called anyone one of his phone contacts that wanted to answer.
Fritz picked up on the other line. Irving's raised his eyebrows.
“Hello? Irving? Why are you calling me?”
Irving hiccupped on the other end.
“Ah, Fritz, Buddy. Look, the fellas and I need a lift. Do you feel like being the drunk wrangler? We’re at the bar in the Eagle Union part of the base.”
Fritz sighed and pinched his fingers on his nose. He knew that his bachelor party ended the same way. Bismarck’s husband Heinz hade to pick him up.
He sighed.
“Alright, I’m coming to pick you up.”
Irving hung up his phone.
“Ay, Fellas. Lettin you guys know, Fritz is comin’ to pick us up.”
Before they knew it, Fritz was there to pick them up.
Malcolm rode in the front seat, as he was the least intoxicated out of the men. "I don't want Oklahoma to have to deal with me being hungover."
Warren, Samuel, and Irving all got themselves inside the backseat.
Fritz had to put the seatbelt on for the men, like he had to do for his children when they were younger.
As Fritz drove the men home, Samuel had to vomit.
Unfortunately for Irving and Warren, they were in the splash zone when he did it. Irving and Malcolm could feel the warm fluid on their shoes.
Fritz was at a red light when it happened, and as soon as he smelled vomit, he knew that one of them was the culprit. His eyes could barely contain his fury.
“Alright, who was the one who threw up?”
Samuel raised his hand, and Fritz sighed and shook his head.
“Sorry, Fritz.” Samuel was busy trying not to fall asleep.
“Don’t apologize to me, apologize to Tirpitz. It’s her car.”
Samuel could not help but blush out of embarrassment and drunkenness. Soon, the car reached the Eagle Union dorms.
While all of this was happening, Enterprise was at Oklahoma’s bachelorette party. They decided they would do some drinking and hang out at the mall.
The group was getting quite intoxicated. However, Enterprise noticed that Oklahoma did not even have a single drink.
“Why are you not drinking?”
Oklahoma blushed. She had never seen Enterprise drunk before. Her face was as red as a tomato.
“I’m the one that is getting married tomorrow, and I don’t want to be hungover for my wedding.” Oklahoma bit her lip. She was trying to keep herself from telling the real reason.
“Plus, I volunteered as the designated driver for my bachelorette party, so there's that too.”
Enterprise, Arizona, Nevada, and New Jersey all laughed as they realized that all of them were too intoxicated to drive.
Oklahoma ushered the group into her car, and she drove back to the Eagle Union dorms.
Enterprise made her way back to her room and vomited into her toilet. Her hangover had already started.
Fritz ushered the men out of the car. Fritz turned to look at Irving.
“Irving, you own me one.”
Irving knew that Fritz and Tirpitz were going to be in a very foul mood come morning. But that was not here and now. Irving and the men had to focus on making it to the dorms and sleeping off the booze.
After all, he had a massive day tomorrow.
Irving walked up to Enterprise’s room. He opened the door and confronted by a somewhat angry and also slightly hungover Enterprise.
“Where were you? Do you know how late it is!”
"Sorry Enty. I lost track of-"
Irving gagged as he ran to the toilet and puked. Enterprise watched him as he sounded like a dying donkey. She calmed down. She knew she did the same thing and that the best thing for a hangover was to rest and rehydrate.
Enterprise went into the kitchen and grabbed some water bottles. She knew that the more water Irving drank, the less hungover he would feel in the morning. She found Irving lying on the floor of the bathroom, barely conscious.
“Come on, drink this.” Putting the bottle to his lips as if she was feeding an infant.
Irving’s eyes went wide as he felt the water enter his throat. He drank it, and his eyes closed slowly.
Enterprise smirked and chuckled. Irving reminded her of an infant drinking away at a bottle. Irving looked at Enterprise.
“More.”
He reached for the other water bottle. Enterprise propped Irving against the wall of the bathroom and handed him the other water bottle.
Irving downed the water bottle quickly. He felt insanely thirsty, as if he was in the desert for two days straight.
Enterprise giggled. She never seen Irving drink so much water in such a short amount of time.
“Irving, you keep drinking like that. You’re going to piss the bed!”
Irving smiled. He knew Enterprise was no longer mad at him.
“You care to join me? I have a feeling you're gonna be hungover as well if you don’t drink like I am.”
Enterprise nodded and went to the kitchen to grab some water bottles, she returned to the bathroom and sat next to Irving.
“So, how was the party?”
Enterprise was cracking open the water bottle in her hands.
Irving laughed. “I mean, other than us almost getting kicked out of the bar, and Samuel puking in Fritz’s car, I say it went very well.”
Enterprise laughed. “It sounds like you guys had fun.”
She gulped her water bottle. It oddly impressed Irving at the feat he had witnessed.
Enterprise soon drank the second water bottle she had brought with her. After a few minutes of sitting on the bathroom floor, she got up. She reached for Irving to pick him up.
She carried Irving to bed.
“How was the bachelorette party?”
“It was fun, but Oklahoma didn’t drink a thing. Oklahoma told me she didn’t want to be hungover for her wedding.”
Irving yawned, exhausted from the night he had.
“But isn’t that the fun part at a wedding? Getting drunker than a skunk?”
Soon, Irving fell asleep. Irving awoke in the middle of the night to vomit.
He was hungover.
However, he had a wedding to attend in the morning.
Irving and Enterprise woke up next to each other. They got into the shower together and got dressed.
Irving was wearing a suit, and Enterprise was wearing a dress. Today was the day that Malcolm and Oklahoma were getting married.
They walked outside to the site of the leaves on the trees turning colors. September and Autumn had hit the base.
Irving and Enterprise made their way to the church.
Irving made his way to where Malcolm, Warren, and Samuel were.
They could tell that Malcolm was nervous. He was checking himself in the mirror, making sure that everything looked correct and that he was ready for his big day. Irving looked at his friend and gave him a small smile.
“Mal, you’re gonna do alright.”
Malcolm took a deep breath and looked at the men. Irving’s look reassured him.
Elsewhere in the church, Oklahoma was vomiting into a toilet. Nevada was on the other side of the door, listening to her sister.
“Okie? Are you alright? What’s wrong?”
Oklahoma was going to claim that it was nerves. She, however, knew the truth. Her sister could keep a secret for at least twenty-four hours.
Oklahoma opened the door to see her sister in the doorway.
She whispered the truth into Nevada’s ear. Her eyes went wide.
"Please don't tell anyone else. Especially Malcolm. I don't know how he will react."
“Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me. Now let’s get you into your wedding dress, m’kay?”
Malcolm was standing at the altar, Irving standing next to him, as he had made Irving his best man at his wedding.
“Do you think I look good enough?”
“Relax. You’re going to do great.”
The church’s organ began playing “Here comes the bride” and Malcolm saw his bride walking down the aisle.
She was beautiful in her wedding dress. Nevada was already at the altar, waiting for her sister.
The priest began the service.
Soon, the couple said their vows.
“I, Malcolm Hall, take Oklahoma to be my wife, and promise to take care of her in sickness and health, till death do we part.”
He was trying to keep himself from crying tears of joy.
Oklahoma blushed as she held Malcolm’s hands.
“I, Oklahoma, take Malcolm Hall to be my husband and promise to take care of him in sickness and health, till death do we part.”
“You may now kiss the bride.”
Malcolm leaned over and kissed Oklahoma on the lips. The crowd cheered.
After some time, the couple had their first dance, and they were in heaven in each other’s embrace.
Soon it was nighttime. Irving and Enterprise left to go back home. They were in their room and in their underwear.
In the middle of the night, Irving got a call from Malcolm.
“Irving! You would believe it! Oklahoma told me that she's pregnant! I’m gonna be a dad!”
He could barely contain his excitement about his impending fatherhood.
Irving’s eyes went wide. He couldn’t believe that Malcolm and Oklahoma already had a jumpstart on starting their family.
Of course, he had reason to suspect that something was up. He noticed along with Enterprise. Oklahoma refused to drink anything alcoholic during the reception.
All he knew was Malcolm was excited he was going to be a father.
And Irving was happy for him.

Name: Ad-Ad Fruit
Ability: The Ad-Ad Fruit (Kōkoku Kōkoku no Mi) is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to create and manipulate advertisements around them. Making the user a Salesman Human.
Appearance: The Ad-Ad Fruit is a white head-sized fruit that has a long pointed nose-like protrusion that sticks out from the large amount of foliage from under the fruit that covers the whole fruit. Sticking out from the top of the foliage is a black stem that comes out of the top of the fruit, the stem form into a ‘G’ shape and then curls flatly similar to dots on both ends of the stem, strangely enough the stem’s coloration switches from black to bright red once.
In-Depth Description: Upon consumption the user is granted the ability to create and manipulate advertisements of any type and through any medium. Through coming into physical contact with an advert, the user is able to completely change the appearance of that advertisement and make it one of their [Ads]. Once that happens, the user is capable of remotely seeing through any of their [Ads] and allowing the user to see the current [wants and needs] of whoever is looking at the advertisement as well as communicate through them; and in-real time the user is able remotely change it’s contents to further appeal to the customer who might take the offer. If the customer were to take the offer on the advertisement through either verbal confirmation, signed documentation, or willingly shaking the user’s hand to officialize the [[DEAL]]. Depending on the few situations after a [[DEAL]] is made will the [true power] of the Ad-Ad Fruit take effect.
After striking a [[DEAL]] with a customer, the user must be able to deliver their end of the [[DEAL]] before being capable of receiving the customer’s payment. If the user is unable to fulfil their end of the bargain, then the [[DEAL]] will be immediately voided and any payment made by the customer will be returned in full back to them. But if the user possesses the [“intended product”], then the deal will proceed as normal with the customer receiving the product while the user receives the agreed form of [payment] while in person or through the [Ad] acting as a gateway for both [product] and [payment]. As to more favour the user, they are able to [[SCAM]] the customer so long as they don’t ask for the user to inspect the [product], sign the [“required”] documentation without reading it, or unconditionally accept the [[DEAL]]. While the user has to meet their end of the [[DEAL]], the quality and condition of the [“intended product”] does not need to meet such requirements as long as it looks like the [“intended product”] or it fulfils the purpose of [“intended product”]. The rules of both of these conditions are incredibly loose in interpretation, allowing the user to exchange a bad copy/bootleg of the [“intended product”] so long as it meets either requirements.
However, in the event that the customer does not possess the required payment either during the immediate [[DEALmaking]] or they fail to meet the steps of alternative paying methods, the user is then able to invoke special string-like green wires that rain down upon the [InDEBT Consumer] and attach themselves into their body from behind them. These [[Silly Strings]] are completely invisible to those who either aren’t indebted to the user or to a customer who hasn’t noticed anything, but if the user were to tell someone how this particular facet of the fruit works, then they will have the capacity to see these green wires. Once someone becomes a [InDEBT Consumer] the user is capable of slowly but surely manipulating them into doing what they want, with the more [[Silly Strings]] embedded into their body, the more overall control and sway the user has over them. So long as one green wire remains, the user will always know where the [InDEBT Consumer] is located. Just having a few green wires attached to you will make one susceptible to the user’s [“sweet words”] and [[Sales Pitches]], as well as being more blind to such actions of the user, to then end up with more [[Silly Strings]] attached onto their body. With a certain amount of green wires, the user is then capable of influencing a [InDEBT Consumer]’s actions through sleight hand movements and or verbal commands, after a few green wires after that stage, they will begin to become more reliant and gullible to such [“endearing encouragement”] from the user.
With enough [[Silly Strings]] attached onto a [InDEBT Consumer], their minds will become fully oblivious to any [“bad publicity”] of the user and do just about any of the user’s whims and bidding. However if a [InDEBT Consumer] were to become too indebted to the user and possess far to many [[Silly Strings]], then their mind will automatically start to deteriorate to the point of insanity, and become potentially become too unstable for the user to verbally manipulate them. When at such a stage, a [InDEBT Consumer] will fully acknowledge the existence of the [[Silly Strings]]. But just like all other [InDEBT Consumers], they themselves are unable to cut their own [[Silly Strings]], requiring the help of [“non-consumers”] to cut these green wires.
Back onto the [Ads] part of the devil fruit, the overall range the user has depends on the amount of [Ads] of any kind relative to each other. With the user’s pseudo-omniscience ranging far and wide as long as an [Ad] is in the relative range of another [Ad]. If a chain of [Ads] are all in relative range of each other and the user is at least in the radius range of one of the [Ads] making up the chain. Then the user will have complete and perfect vision through all of them. If the user is not in range of a mass of [Ads] then the viewing quality from them will begin to lessen. But if there are enough [Ads] in relative range from each other, then that will generally improve the user’s pseudo-omniscience. However the user themselves also possesses an effective range themselves, with the more in range the user and [Ad] are to each other the stronger the connection. The user’s range is able to be widened and increased with the more [[DEALS]] they make, which in turn slowly increases the range of the [Ads]. An individual [Ad] can have their own connectivity increased with the more customers they draw in and the amount of [[DEALS]] the user makes through that specific [Ad].
Now onto the last facet of the devil fruit, the user is capable of manifesting [Ads] from technological mediums such as [Pop-ups], [3D Models], [PNG/JPGs], and [Videos] into the real-world. Taking the same form as viewed on a Computer or Phone and appearing out of them into the real-world, where the user can telepathically move them around, enlarge them, shrink them, and stretch them. Whilst manifested they are very incredibly durable and can withstand any elemental attack as if it were all the same, however by tapping the close button the top right of these digital [Ads] will make them disappear. They function just like regular [Ads] of the physical world, possessing a relative range and can allow the user to see through them.
Weaknesses: The Ad-Ad Fruit is a devil fruit that is not inherently combat-based, requiring a lot of preparation before the devil fruit can be used in such a sense. As on its own it does leave the user with many options besides the primary facets of the devil fruit’s powers. While people who are obvious to the green wires or people who have green wires attached to them but don’t notice the effect they cause are completely unable to see these green wires attached to them and seemingly originate from the sky above. Non-affected people who have been informed by the user themselves of the green wires or have figured out themselves are capable of snipping the green wires. While the user can turn normal advertisable media into their own, allowing for further use of their devil fruit abilities, despite becoming more sturdy in terms of not flying in the wind if a gust came, they will all still possess the same durability and weaknesses as their normal counterparts.
The main demographic for the user are usually run of the mill people, people who aren’t observant enough to pick up the pieces of very slight things that happen to them. Such as the feeling of something latching onto them, their body doing something on their own, or feeling a certain way toward something all of a sudden. All manifested technology ads are the ads usable form combat, however they are at the same time the easiest to deal with. Just by hitting the top right “X” button to close the floating window. Most importantly, the user of the fruit must be somewhat capable of being a sales(wo)man or be willing to learn as a minimum to use this fruit at all or just be able to lie very well to people without feeling guilty.
Combative Info: The Ad-Ad Fruit in its entirety is not inherently for combative use, however it is capable of such use. Through coming into contact with any technological medium that adverts can be placed in, the user can make such ads manifest in the real-world. The windows from computer-like mediums are very durable, easily withstanding multiple cannon fire without such much as a crack. And are also capable of cutting someone by spinning it to further increase the windows cutting power. 3D polygon models act similar to props then anything that the user can telekinetically throw, if it so happened to be an animated model, then once manifested it will repeat its actions in a loop. The user is capable of raising the volume and brightness of video pop-ups to both blind and deafen opponents.
While the user ensnares more people in debt as well as deepening their staggering debt to the user for not doing their end of the deal. The user can forcibly take control of the user’s green wires and puppeteer them into fighting, operating in a similar fashion to Doflamingo’s Parasite technique. And the user is able to detach green wires from nearby indebted customers and manipulate to wrap around or attack the unaffected opponent while at the same time not attaching any debt onto them. However this not only allows the unaffected person to see the green wires, but also be able to cut them while they are in physical contact, even if they manage to snap a green wire, then that wire will not be reattached to their original indebted recipient. But can still be used by the user to attack opponents, but they can still be re-used for their intended purpose on another or an upcoming [InDEBT Consumer].
Non-Combative Info: Despite the absurdly greedy uses of the Ad-Ad Fruit, it is still an incredibly useful devil fruit for normal commercial uses or really any other form of normal trading uses. The user can easily create high-quality advertisements of any kind for any purpose on any advertisable medium. Being able to create a fully fledged security system by viewing through any and all [ads].
Techniques:
[Advertise]: The user physically touches a medium used for advertisement and transforms it into whatever form of marketable advertisement the user can imagine. When used on things such as paper or signs, the user erases whatever was written/printed on them before printing whatever they could think of. When used on a technological device, the user is simply able to instantly create pop-up ads and video advertisements. So long as it was possible on the chosen medium.

• [Limited Time Promotion]: The user creates a special ad under the guise of a promotional campaign, and whatever they are selling will be only available for a limited time. Increasing incentive for unassuming targets to quickly make a deal as the user reduces the time limit to add pressure on them.
• [Auction Sweepstake]: The user creates advertisements through any televised or radio broadcasting linked to a special advertisement that visually presents an auction sweepstake of multiple [“intended product”] that hypes them up and pretends to increase the bidding from a low price to make it look very valuable.
• [Wonder Trading]: The user creates numerous special ads that work off the basis of giving away a random item in response to a target donating a random item through this special advert. The value of the item given and received are completely, but the user can alter such values to weigh to their favour or someone else's. In addition to being able to see one’s wants and needs, the user can give out specific items to targets so that they are incentivized to donate more for similar items they desire.

[[Silly Strings]]: The user summons special string-like green wires from the sky onto the backs of a [InDEBT Consumer]. The more wires attached onto the back of a victim, the more susceptible they are to any of the user’s manipulations. The wires themselves become more durable and stronger the further the number of th deals the user makes, but will decrease the more deals get broken. While general training with them will make the base strength of the wires more stronger.

• [Sleight of Hand]: The user calls for a specific line of [[Silly Strings]] that are attached to a [InDEBT Consumer]. It will descend from the sky and wrap around the user’s finger, from there the user is able to completely control whatever part of the victim the wire is attached to. From making ever so slight hand gestures to weave the [InDEBT Consumer] to do whatever the user wants so long as they don’t make it apparent or obvious that they're being orchestrated.
• [Debt Termination]: The user manipulates all of the [[Silly Strings]] attached to a [InDEBT Consumer] and wrapped them in a dangerous sharp hold; particularly around the neck and in turn strangling them to death. Although when the user does this, the [[Silly Strings]] become visible to anyone around the victim who isn’t in debt, allowing them to snip the wires during this time.
• [Account Freeze]: The user summons all the [[Silly Strings]] attached to a [InDEBT Consumer] and simply halt the movement of the victim, for further entrapment the user wills the strings to wrap around the joints of the [InDEBT Consumer]. However once more doing such an action will cause non-[InDEBT Consumers] to witness the existence of the [[Silly Strings]].
• [Raining Green]: The user releases all the [[Silly Strings]] from a [InDEBT Consumer’s] body, causing them to each detach from that victim. The user then manipulates all of them to rain down upon a target and pierce them straight through. Alternatively the user can wrap themselves in a few of the [[Silly Strings]] to lift themselves off the ground and into the air. Similar to that of the [String-String Fruit].

[Manifested Windows]: The user focuses their [Ad-Ad Fruit] power on an advertisement off a technological screen. This causes the advertisement shown on the screen to begin to distort before literally coming out of the screen and assuming itself a 3d form. These manifested windows can be used in various ways from offence to defence. These 3d advertisements can be interacted with like advertisements the user creates. But the user is able to revert any of these manifests into 2d shapes and place them around like normal handout adverts, minimising them so that they maximise when someone is near, or make them float toward the nearest person and harass them.

• [3D Knockout]: The user creates manifested windows advertisements, and transforms them into 2d windows before having them slide underneath certain parts of a target’s body. And after they’ve slid under, the 2d windows instantly become 3d once more and collide into the target with excessive force.
• [[POP-UP Tabs]]: The user creates manifested windows advertisements, and transforms them into 2d windows before minimising them. The 2d manifested windows then sneak up on a target, and right when they least expect it, the windows maximise themselves and pop-up right in-front of the target.
• [Spam Mail]: The user or their [InDEBT Consumer] sets up many hidden pop-ups, minimised and scattered across every corner, door, window, device, etc and have them activated to the closest sentient being approaches its proximity. The Spam Mail pop-up will surprise and continuously annoy them by playing their own sound clips over and over again. And whenever they are closed, they will slightly shift out of the way.
• [Advertisement Block]: The user either during or out of combat grabs a manifested window and expands the window out to defend against attacks. But when expanded, the user can also turn the entire window 3-D, gaining a sudden immense amount of weight added to it. And crushing whoever the user drops it on, or they can use it as a shield or blockade.
• [Loud Notification]: The user creates a special variation of pop-up tab, that plays a loud and obnoxious-type of ringing noise whenever they are open. They can be programmed to follow targets and continuously play the same sound over again similar to spam mail.
• [Advertised Product]: The user reaches over and sticks their hand into an advertisement that’s showcasing an item and grabs it. Then the user pulls the product out of advertisement and into the real world. The user can use the product similar to the actual version, however it will be only half as effective. All that is left of the product from the advertisement is a white space shaped exactly like the item.

Awakening:
Once the user of the Ad-Ad Fruit awakens, catching up their body and mind to the levels of their own ability. The standard abilities given when first consumed are significantly increased beyond what they were before, the proverbial range of advertisements are increased, the strength and durability of [[Silly Strings]] improved, the intricacies of the [InDEBT Consumer]’s body that can be manipulated are heightened, and much more. The former weakness of the devil fruit where the user needed a pre-established advertisement or materials to use their devil fruit has been lifted to an extent*****. Now all the user needs to do to create an advertisement is to simply make a sales pitch of any kind, with the more grandeur the pitch, the stronger the advertisement. The user can even now conjure pop-up tabs and digital lettering in thin air to help begin a sales pitch, or enhance their own speechcraft. They can even be used in combat if the user desires, though they are not as potent as physical advertisements or manifested tabs.
However that is only half of the entire awakening, the other half focuses on the conceptual power of the devil fruit and what the user can exactly turn into an “Advertisement”. While in the pre-awakening state, the user is only able to bargain for and sell physical objects and beings. Now the user is able to wrap their [[Silly Strings]] on more intangible [products] such as a person’s soul, in turn granting complete control over an individual, or perhaps something that has yet to exist like a person’s first born. Or even something tied to their very being like their devil fruit ability, though [WARNING: ANY ATTEMPT FOR THE USER OF AD-AD FRUIT TO ABSORB INTO THE POWER OF ANOTHER DEVIL FRUIT USER THAT HAD [“willingly”] SOLD THEIR DEVIL FRUIT POWER TO THEM WILL SUFFER FROM SPONTANEOUS EXPLOSION OF THEIR ENTIRE BODY. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS\.]*
Lastly while the user is able to wrap their [[Silly Strings]] on more intangible [products], the user is now capable of extending what they can exactly turn into advertisement. Following more in line with a standard paramecia awakening, but in a thematic way, any land the user comes into [“ownership”] of and becomes their [“property”]. The wielder of the Ad-Ad Fruit is able to freely change and manipulate everything within and connected to the user’s square feet of land into advertisements. While the user is unable to manipulate the environment in the same way as other paramecia users due to the less malleable nature of advertisements. The esoteric nature of advertisements and how exactly the user can portray their power because of how broad an advertisement can be makes up for the lack of traditional control over their transformed land. But there is a singular weakness to this facet of the Ad-Ad Fruit, which is that if the deed or proof of documentation (and if there isn't any, one is automatically created every time the user assumes control of a lone land.) is destroyed or damaged, then the affected environment will either be completely reverted back or parts of it will instead.
Awakened Techniques:
[Deal with the Devil]: The user creates a [specil] one time only [DEAL], however compared to the normal advertisements the user creates, this one is created with the intention of the user trading for something not entirely physical but something that has value to a specific customer. This [DEAL] is more one on one than any other advertisement deal. Requiring the soon to be customer to either sign on the dotted line of a document to finalise the dealmaking, or by [“willingly”] shaking the user’s hand.

• [Deal for Another Life]: The user creates a [specil] one time only [DEAL] for someone who needs assistance in saving someone, be it that they're in a dying state or simply injured. By accepting the [DEAL] for the user to save the life of another, the recipient will have their condition ”heal” in a sense depending on the situation. If medical supplies are in the vicinity capable of mending them, then the Ad-Ad Fruit will use those supplies to instantaneously patch them up. If there are none, then the [“customer”] will have either their own life or a certain amount of years off their life to help save or extend out the recipient’s.
• [Devil for a Devil]: The user creates a [specil] one time only [DEAL] for the intent of trading the devil fruit abilities of two people between them. Once that either sign or shake each other’s hands with the user present to finalise the dealmaking. Both people will begin to convulse and scream from the pain of the swapping of devil fruits, what appears out from them appears to be the will or soul of their particular devil fruits which pass by each other before phasing into their new user's body.

[Ad Infinitum]: The user proceeds to make a literal one time only [DEAL] like no other to whom but the Ad-Ad Fruit itself, arranging a [DEAL] that will allow the user to gain a significant amount of power by absorbing all existing goods received through every [DEAL] the user has ever made. In turn however, once the user has finished with what they had intended to do with the power, parts of their own individuality is exchanged by the Ad-Ad Fruit itself with one perfectly lined with the devil fruit’s function. That of being a Salesman and their job of making deals. However once done, they themselves will be ensnared by [[Silly Strings]] with them even knowing, and secretly manipulating them into performing and doing things that allows them to make more deals and benefit them.

• [NEO]: One of two transformations the user can undergo once the deal has been made, and is mostly done through the intake of many material items the user has ["respectfully"] received from a ["customer"]. Granting them a physiology similar to that of a mechanical machine. Allowing to shrug off a majority of dangers that normally threaten a [MEAT PERSON]. They are able to fly at great speeds and ascend as high as they want due to the [[Silly Strings]] attached to their back once in this form. For combat they have many options, from blasting opponents with their arm cannon, opening their chest cavity for their own mechanical heart to spring out and shoot out white diamonds, and even increasing their own size to ram into and squish their opposition.
• [OMEGA]: The second and most powerful and the two transformations the user can undergo once the deal has been made, and is made when on top of absorbing material items, they also take into both the souls of people who gave them up and actual living people who sold their lives to the user. The main difference between the two forms is not only in power but also in sheer size and mobility being more slow. During both transformations, the user experiences a even higher boost in their ability of manipulating and transforming their [“property”] into anything advertisable.

P/N: I had created this fruit around the beginning of 2022, but never got around to actually starting anything. But then around the time Spamton Sweepstakes started I then, randomly out of nowhere, thought of the entire concept for the devil fruit.
I will say that I gave up at the end with the awakening moves, due to not feeling the best. But I just wanted to get this devil fruit over and done with. Any of the moves are up for interpretation.

It’s been a while since I’ve felt anything. My life has become a constant drudgery, even special events have become dull. My son’s fourteenth birthday was a few weeks ago, but it could’ve happened yesterday, or the month before, it’s all been melding into one. I still remember though; I remember being in that moment, and I can tell you the exact details of what occurred, who was there, but I can’t for the life of me remember how it meant to me. I was simply a presence, a bystander. I think my son was happy, I hope he was.
The tasks in my life that were once a burden have become noise to me. In a way I suppose that’s a good thing. I can work my ass off all day, get treated like a dog, and I would be none the wiser. I’m not exactly sure when this happened, I used to hate my job. I guess somewhere along the way I got lobotomized in my sleep. That would explain it. At least I can provide for my son this way.
He reminds me of myself in more ways that I’d like to admit. He’s a pleasure seeker, and the friends that he’s made push these hedonistic tendencies. On his birthday he came back home absolutely plastered, and I should’ve been furious, but it didn’t affect me at. Hell I even offered him another drink. At his age I sought the same type of stimulus, the same type that I yearn for today, so in a way I am living vicariously through him. He’s a good kid though, he’s on this path but he’s not anchored to it. He refused the drink and went to bed. As a father what I did was not good, but as bystander I wish he took it. I wish he prolonged his euphoria. I wish I could see him live.
They’ve been advertising this new medication all over TV. It’s a pill that gives you constant nightmares when you sleep. It’s been all over the news actually. Some people are up in arms about, and for some folks it’s a godsend, folks like me. In my mind this seems like the stimulus I have been craving for so long, but I can’t stop thinking about my son. What happened on his birthday was a moment of weakness. I couldn’t let him know I stooped so low to get a high. Seeking the pleasures in life is one thing, but seeking fear is another. The road my son is on mirrors my own, and I don’t want him to become nullified in the same way. But at this point, he’s becoming a young man before my eyes, and I am indifferent. I need to feel something, I need to be present, not a presence.
After meeting with my doctor, I received the prescription, 30 pills for 30 days. She sternly informed me of the side effects, about how easy it is to overdose, but like all other stimuli in life, it became white noise. But at last, I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. I could finally feel again, and I couldn’t wait to fall asleep. I waited until the lights in my son’s room went off, and after I saw that he had fallen asleep, I could begin. I sat upright on my bed and pulled out the prescription bottle from my drawer. I took another look, scanned it up and down, maybe even considering a reason not to take it. On the label was a warning sign
“Do not take two doses within a 12-hour period”.
“Good to know” I thought to myself, and I popped open the bottle, took a gulp from my glass of water, and closed my eyes.
Thirty minutes passes, and then an hour, and no effect. Worthless scam. My eyes blasted open, but when I tried to get up, my limbs were numb. I tried closing my eyes again…nothing. I tried breathing and I realized I was suffocating; I couldn’t move any part of my body whatsoever. The sweat from my forehead rolled into my open eye. I couldn’t move, but I could experience pain. As the asphyxiation engulfed me, my bedroom became blurry.
“This is it" I thought, I am about to die.
With each passing second my vision faded until finally, as I imagined would be the last moment of my life, the pain stopped. I could breathe again, and sure enough I rose from my prone position and stood up. I look around, everything is in its normal place. I take a deep breath in relief. Now that the worst was over, I got up to examine the pill bottle. The warning was no longer in English, but instead covered in strange markings.
Suddenly I was dragged down by an unbelievable force through my bedroom floor into a black abyss. There was an extremely loud sound that sounded like deep breathing and I felt as if something was watching my descent. At an instant I fell on a sandy bottom. I looked around, but it was so dark that I could only see at an arms reach. I trudged through the sand, stepping on what felt like organic material occasionally. At last, I reached a metal industrial door, like one you’d see in large freezer. On it was some type of text or message, I squinted my eyes attempting to read it. It was in that same language on the pill bottle. My eyes wander down and I notice a door handle. My heart is beating faster than when I was dying. I smile and reach for it.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
My eyes tear open as if they were glued. I’m back in my room, I can breathe. I realized that I forgot to turn off my Saturday alarm. I exhale in a sense of relief when I noticed something wet underneath me. Damn I pissed my bed… Understandably, I jumped up and exclaimed upon realization. I hear footsteps coming sprinting towards my room. My son opens the door and sees me in my current state.
“Dad are you ok?”, my son said.
“Oh, yeah…I’m fine, just had a bad dream”
My son notices my soaked trousers and bed sheets.
“Are you…feeling alright?” he says.
My cheeks become bright red.
“Oh um…I just…”
My darting eyes reach the half empty water glass.
“Yeah I just spilled a bit when I was taking my medicine”
My heart froze. I didn’t hide the bottle last night. My son’s eyes meandered to the pill bottle on my dresser, and then back to mine. After what seemed like an eternity, my son perked a smile.
“I think you’re just getting old Dad”.
With that he laughed and rolled his eyes while closing the door. Silence at last. I began to laugh quietly to myself. I couldn’t believe it, but I finally felt something again. I could feel the warm embrace of the sunshine seeping through the blinds of my window.
I walk into the kitchen to find my son cooking breakfast. The sweet scent of the bacon permeates my olfactory senses. I take a moment to listen. I hear the low hum of the air conditioner, the upbeat banter of daytime television, and even ever so faintly, the songs of birds outside. I find myself grinning ear to ear. My son places a plate consisting of tater tots, eggs, and bacon in front of me.
“Someone’s chipper today”, he says.
I smile at him.
“Yeah…yeah I’m feeling good”.
My son leans against a wall and tosses a tater tot into his mouth.
“Maybe it wasn’t such a bad dream after all”, he says.
I snag a tater tot off my plate and do the same.
“Honestly I don’t remember what it was about”.
I felt at peace…or at least it appeared so. I took a bite of my breakfast, but with each chew the flavor began dissipating. I squint, the sunshine has become dull and bright. My hand begins to tremble as I feel an object in pajama pocket. I feel a compulsion to reach down. I slowly retrieve the object from my pocket. My eyes widen and my heart begins to race…it’s the prescription bottle, and the English text is replaced once again with a foreign language. I gawk at it sitting in the palm of my hand, and my lips start to form a smile.
“Dad!”
I snap out of it and stuff the bottle back into my pocket. My son is standing behind the kitchen counter.
“Do you want any more bacon before I put it away?”.
“Uh…no thank you, I’m alright for now”
My son stares at me with a charged look.
“All right…” he says.
I quickly regain my composure.
“Son, do you have any plans tonight?”
“Yeah I think Devin’s having some people over tonight…unless you wanted to do something?”
I feign a smile.
“No, no, have fun with your friends!”
“All…right, cool…” my son says.
I jump.
“But maybe we can do something tomorrow?”
My son ponders for a moment.
“I was actually gonna go to Luka’s basketball game tomorrow. A bunch of my friends wanna support him, ya know?…”
He sees a hint of sadness in my eyes.
“But after we could figure something out!” he exclaims.
I smile.
“Yes…that sounds great!”
My son nods and walks out the kitchen door. My hand is still trembling. I look down to see that I had been gripping the bottle the whole time. I check the door; I think he’s gone. I pull the bottle out and examine it, the text has returned to normal. I exhale, I felt safe again.
I hear the door slam closed followed my son’s car screeching out the driveway. He asked if he could spend the night at Devin’s and I complied. It’s seven o’clock in the evening…perfect. I purchased a plastic mattress cover to avoid last night’s mishap, so I put it on the bed, strip naked and sit the mattress. There is a part of me that feels a slight embarrassment at my current situation, but honestly, I’ve been caught doing worse. I also purchased a water-resistant blanket, so I’m not a complete degenerate.
I pull the bottle out from the drawer. The label’s in English…great. I purposefully put the bottle into the drawer and hide it under some of the junk in there, and for good measure, I set my alarm for five in the morning, just in case my son came home early. I pop a pill into my mouth and swallow.
Immediately I am pulled down into the abyss. Darkness has now overcome my entire vision. I am moving extremely fast, much faster than last time. I swear I even feel my ears popping from the change in pressure. BAM!
I slam into the sandy bottom once more. I take a few moments to catch my breath when I notice a light in the distance. It shines an iridescent purple color, unlike I had ever seen. Immediately my feet began trudging towards it, almost automatically. I carefully amble over what seems like a sea of organic matter. I have no inclination of what exactly I’m walking on, but it is consumed most of the sand from before. As I approach the light, I see what I had been drawn to…the door from last night.
Although the door appeared the same as the night prior, it felt…different. I would even say it felt familiar…safe…welcoming. Before I could even think, my hand rose and grasped its handle. It’s difficult to explain, but it reminded me so much of her. I was grinning ear to ear once more. I began to twist the handle, and as I did so the iridescent light that guided me here shined brighter and brighter, once again bathing me in a warm embrace. I peer forward, filled with the most excitement in years, as I’m about to pull the door open.
“Mom! Dad!”
I stop. I look around for the source of the outcry.
“Mom! Dad! Help me! Please!
It’s my son.
Without a second thought I let go of the handle and begin sprinting towards him.
SLAM!
I face plant into the ground. Something has snagged my ankle. The iridescent light has become bright enough to illuminate the ground and…oh my goodness. Around me are what seems like thousands and decrepit bodies, all trying to claw their way out of the sand. I look down at my ankle and see a man gripping me. He has a look of desperation in his eye. I promptly kick him in the face and run off.
“Mom! Dad!”
I’m getting closer.
“Mom! Dad!”
I’m almost there.
“MOM! DAD!”
I can see him! But he’s being engulfed by the bodies and sand below. I sprint as fast as I can when…
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
I scream and flail on my bed. I take a few moments to catch my breath. I glance at the source of the noise…my alarm clock. It reads 5:00 AM. It’s morning. The sun has not fully risen yet, but the warm embrace still reaches me. I glance over at the water glass and pill bottle on top of my dresser. I exhale in relief, it’s over… I throw some clothes and head to the restroom. Fortunately, I didn’t have an accident last night, so there’s no evidence there. And thankfully I made sure to hide the pill bottle last night as well.
Wait.
I sprint back into my room to find the pill bottle on top of my dresser. I try to calm myself down. I must’ve forgotten again. It’s 5 am, there’s no way he’s home. He wouldn’t do that, he’s better than me. I take a deep breath and un-tense my body. Yeah, everything’s ok…
I jump at the pill bottle and count its contents.
“1…2…3….”
With every number my heart races.
“24…25…26………27”
My heart sinks. I burst out of my bedroom and sprint to my son’s room. I slam open the door, and my fears realized. He is lying unconscious on his bed. I check his pulse, he’s alive, but his heart rate is slow, and he’s ice cold to the touch. I panic, looking for anything to help. His slow breaths act as a ticking clock as I search for a solution. I grab a phone and begin to dial 911 when I notice something. Silence.
I rush over to my son’s side. He’s stopped breathing…but his heart is still beating, then I notice something more. All along my son’s chest and arms appear to markings materializing beneath his skin, the same markings on the pill bottle. With no other options, there’s only one action I could take to save my son. I sprint back into my room, grab a pill and swallow it.
What feels like an eternity passes, but I cannot fall asleep. I try taking other sleeping pills, I try asphyxiation, I even try knocking myself out with blunt force. But to no avail, I’m trapped here in the conscious world while my son is fading away. My emotions overcome me.
“Why isn’t it working!”
“I thought you wanted to experience true fear?” a deep voice bellowed out.
I did, whatever was talking to me was right. I wanted to feel something, fear, sadness…anything. But now I’m overcome with only one emotion…rage.
“Release my son!”
Silence.
“Release my son right now, I command you!”
Silence.
I look around the room and spot the pill bottle.
“What if I made you a deal?”
“…Go on” the voice boomed.
“If I swallow every pill in this bottle, would you let go of my son?”.
“But he’s so fresh and ripe…what do you have to offer?”.
“I don’t…I don’t know…nothing!”
Without thinking I grab the pill bottle and swallow the lot. I collapse onto the floor and begin sobbing. I’ve done it, my son has done nothing wrong and has paid the price for my wrongdoings. But wait, I refuse to live on without him. Even if his fate is sealed, I will live on every day from now living to the fullest, in his memory. If he can’t be here to experience what life has to offer, I’ll experience it twice fold!
“Deal” the voice bellowed out.
At once I began my descent into the void, seemingly at the speed of light, but even then, I saw something ascending out of the darkness. Although my fate had been sealed, my son’s is safe. So here I find myself in a sea of now millions of the damned, smiling ear to ear.

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Chad Stahelski’s sequel impressively outdoes the critical success of its predecessors, with John Wick: Chapter 4’s positive reviews being the best of the franchise. The movie already holds a Certified Fresh 93% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which is higher than the two sequels’ 89% scores and the original’s 86% rating. John Wick: Chapter 4 is also expected to be the franchise’s biggest box office success yet, meaning it’s apt to enjoy a long exclusive theatrical window before releasing on streaming.
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John Wick: Chapter 4 officially hits theaters on March 24, 2023. But you can catch early screenings as soon as Thursday, March 23.
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Following its release in theaters, the film will be available to stream on Prime Video. Expect the movie to hit the streamer 45 days after its theatrical run, which should be sometime in May. it's most likely that Peacock will be the main platform that will stream John Wick: Chapter 4.
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Not Now,Lionsgate struck a massive distribution deal with Peacock that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to its films’ “Pay 2” streaming window (via THR). The agreement means that after Lionsgate’s films have their initial streaming releases on Starz, the movies, like John Wick: Chapter 4, will later be available to stream on Peacock. Since Lionsgate hasn’t even confirmed the official streaming release date for the John Wick sequel on Starz, don’t expect to see the movie land on Peacock until at least winter 2024 after the deal officially kicks in.
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John Wick 4 is expected to stream on HBO Max at some point after its theatrical run. No official streaming release date for the movie has yet been given, but as it comes from Warner Bros., it will likely arrive on the platform after its cinematic debut barring some unprecedented events or a unique deal.
Is John Wick 4 Available On Hulu? Viewers are saying that they want to view the new movie John Wick 4 on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
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The bad news is that the movie is not likely to come to Prime Video. Paramount Pictures movies used to head to Amazon Prime Video about a year after the theatrical release, but that’s changed with a lot of movies recently. Instead of heading to Prime Video, they’ve gone to Paramount+.
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Well, not right now. In terms of the streaming release, John Wick 4 will most likely follow the 45-day theatrical window before being available to stream online. Due to Peacock's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Lionsgate (the franchise's production company), it's most likely that Peacock will be the main platform that will stream John Wick 4.
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In John Wick: "Legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) retired from his violent career after marrying the love of his life. Her sudden death leaves John in deep mourning. When sadistic mobster Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen) and his thugs steal John's prized car and kill the puppy that was a last gift from his wife, John unleashes the remorseless killing machine within and seeks vengeance. Meanwhile, Iosef's father (Michael Nyqvist) — John's former colleague — puts a huge bounty on John's head.
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) is streaming on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus, DirecTV, and fuboTV.
In John Wick: Chapter 2: "Retired super-assassin John Wick's plans to resume a quiet civilian life are cut short when Italian gangster Santino D'Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) shows up on his doorstep with a gold marker, compelling him to repay past favors. Ordered by Winston (Ian McShane), kingpin of secret assassin society The Continental, to respect the organization's ancient code, Wick reluctantly accepts the assignment to travel to Rome to take out D'Antonio's sister (Claudia Gerini), the ruthless capo atop the Italian Camorra crime syndicate."
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) is streaming on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus, DirecTV, and fuboTV.
In John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum: "After gunning down a member of the High Table — the shadowy international assassin's guild — legendary hit man John Wick finds himself stripped of the organization's protective services. Now stuck with a $14 million bounty on his head, Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as he becomes the target of the world's most ruthless killers."
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John Wick 4 Cast
Keanu Reeves leads a cast that includes Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Marko Zaror, and Ian McShane.
What Is John Wick: Chapter 4 About?
According to Lionsgate: "John Wick takes on his most lethal adversaries yet in the upcoming fourth installment of the series. With the price on his head ever increasing, Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin."
John Wick 4 Rating
John Wick: Chapter 4 is "certified fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes at 93%, IMDB at 9.1/10, topping John Wick (86%), John Wick: Chapter 2 (89%), and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (89%). Read ComicBook's spoiler-free John Wick 4 review and sample more critics' reviews here.

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Over the course of three films so far, we’ve seen the consequences of what can happen when one of the world’s greatest hitmen comes out of retirement. John Wick, AKA Baba Yaga or The Boogeyman, is a man who is not to be trifled with under any circumstances, yet criminals can never seem to learn their lesson. This incredibly popular series began with John (Keanu Reeves) seeking revenge on the men that invaded his home, stole his car, and worst of all, killed his puppy, Daisy. From here, endless complications have prevented John from returning to retirement as he has traveled around the world and gone on the run. Now, in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), we’ll get to witness the titular hitman’s greatest challenge yet as he seeks revenge on the High Table. A council of highly respected (and feared) crime lords, they run the criminal underworld’s most powerful and notorious organizations; so needless to say, John has a punishing task ahead of him.
Chad Stahelski’s sequel impressively outdoes the critical success of its predecessors, with John Wick: Chapter 4’s positive reviews being the best of the franchise. The movie already holds a Certified Fresh 93% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, which is higher than the two sequels’ 89% scores and the original’s 86% rating. John Wick: Chapter 4 is also expected to be the franchise’s biggest box office success yet, meaning it’s apt to enjoy a long exclusive theatrical window before releasing on streaming.
If you’re excited to see where this highly anticipated action series goes next, we’ve got good news for you, because the latest installment is clocking in at a massive 169 minutes. It’s also out incredibly soon! Keep reading below to find out when and where you can see John Wick: Chapter 4.
Here's your guide on how you can watch the highly anticipated action movie John Wick 4 streaming, the latest installment in the John Wick franchise.
When Does the John Wick 4 Movie Come Out?
John Wick: Chapter 4 officially hits theaters on March 24, 2023. But you can catch early screenings as soon as Thursday, March 23.
Where to watch John Wick 4:
As of now, the only way to watch John Wick 4 is to head to a theater when it releases on Friday, March 24. You can find a local showing on Fandango. Otherwise, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available to rent or buy on digital platforms like Vudu, Paramount, Apple and YouTube, or become available to stream on Peacock.
Watch Now- John Wick: Chapter 4 Online Free
Following its release in theaters, the film will be available to stream on Prime Video. Expect the movie to hit the streamer 45 days after its theatrical run, which should be sometime in May. it's most likely that Peacock will be the main platform that will stream John Wick: Chapter 4.
Is John Wick 4 Available Streaming on Peacock?
Not Now,Lionsgate struck a massive distribution deal with Peacock that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to its films’ “Pay 2” streaming window (via THR). The agreement means that after Lionsgate’s films have their initial streaming releases on Starz, the movies, like John Wick: Chapter 4, will later be available to stream on Peacock. Since Lionsgate hasn’t even confirmed the official streaming release date for the John Wick sequel on Starz, don’t expect to see the movie land on Peacock until at least winter 2024 after the deal officially kicks in.
Pay 1 windows typically last between a year to 18 months, meaning that if John Wick: Chapter 4 begins streaming on Starz in September 2023, it isn’t likely to join Peacock's movie library until September 2024 at the earliest. Peacock and Lionsgate's deal confirmed that releases like John Wick: Chapter 4 would start streaming on the service in 2024, so the latest movie will most likely be on Peacock in fall 2024. By this time, John Wick: Chapter 4 will be available alongside the entire John Wick franchise for streaming on the platform.
Will John Wick 4 be on Netflix?
No, John Wick 4 will not be available on Netflix — at least not anytime soon, since it will be heading straight to Peacock after its theatrical release. In the meantime, you’ll just have to wait for it to become available on the NBCUniversal-owned streaming platform.
Is John Wick 4 streaming on HBO Max?
John Wick 4 is expected to stream on HBO Max at some point after its theatrical run. No official streaming release date for the movie has yet been given, but as it comes from Warner Bros., it will likely arrive on the platform after its cinematic debut barring some unprecedented events or a unique deal.
Is John Wick 4 Available On Hulu? Viewers are saying that they want to view the new movie John Wick 4 on Hulu. Unfortunately, this is not possible since Hulu currently does not offer any of the free episodes of this series streaming at this time. It will be exclusive to the MTV channel, which you get by subscribing to cable or satellite TV services. You will not be able to watch it on Hulu or any other free streaming service.
Is John Wick 4 streaming on Prime Video?
Amazon Prime Video subscribers might be disappointed because ‘John Wick 4’ is not a part of the streaming giant’s library. Alternatively, you have the option to turn to similar films using your subscription, including ‘Smile,' 'Bram Stoker's Dracula,' 'Let the Right One In.’
The bad news is that the movie is not likely to come to Prime Video. Paramount Pictures movies used to head to Amazon Prime Video about a year after the theatrical release, but that’s changed with a lot of movies recently. Instead of heading to Prime Video, they’ve gone to Paramount+.
Is John Wick 4 Streaming Online?
Well, not right now. In terms of the streaming release, John Wick 4 will most likely follow the 45-day theatrical window before being available to stream online. Due to Peacock's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Lionsgate (the franchise's production company), it's most likely that Peacock will be the main platform that will stream John Wick 4.
How To Watch John Wick Online:
John Wick (2014) is streaming on Peacock Premium ($4.99/month) free with ads and Peacock Premium Plus without ads ($9.99/month). If you don't have a Peacock subscription, you can watch John Wick on DirecTV and fuboTV.
In John Wick: "Legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) retired from his violent career after marrying the love of his life. Her sudden death leaves John in deep mourning. When sadistic mobster Iosef Tarasov (Alfie Allen) and his thugs steal John's prized car and kill the puppy that was a last gift from his wife, John unleashes the remorseless killing machine within and seeks vengeance. Meanwhile, Iosef's father (Michael Nyqvist) — John's former colleague — puts a huge bounty on John's head.
Where Can I Stream John Wick 2?
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) is streaming on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus, DirecTV, and fuboTV.
In John Wick: Chapter 2: "Retired super-assassin John Wick's plans to resume a quiet civilian life are cut short when Italian gangster Santino D'Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) shows up on his doorstep with a gold marker, compelling him to repay past favors. Ordered by Winston (Ian McShane), kingpin of secret assassin society The Continental, to respect the organization's ancient code, Wick reluctantly accepts the assignment to travel to Rome to take out D'Antonio's sister (Claudia Gerini), the ruthless capo atop the Italian Camorra crime syndicate."
Where Can I Watch John Wick 3?
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) is streaming on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus, DirecTV, and fuboTV.
In John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum: "After gunning down a member of the High Table — the shadowy international assassin's guild — legendary hit man John Wick finds himself stripped of the organization's protective services. Now stuck with a $14 million bounty on his head, Wick must fight his way through the streets of New York as he becomes the target of the world's most ruthless killers."
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John Wick 4 Cast
Keanu Reeves leads a cast that includes Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, Clancy Brown, Natalia Tena, Marko Zaror, and Ian McShane.
What Is John Wick: Chapter 4 About?
According to Lionsgate: "John Wick takes on his most lethal adversaries yet in the upcoming fourth installment of the series. With the price on his head ever increasing, Wick takes his fight against the High Table global as he seeks out the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin."
John Wick 4 Rating
John Wick: Chapter 4 is "certified fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes at 93%, IMDB at 9.1/10, topping John Wick (86%), John Wick: Chapter 2 (89%), and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (89%). Read ComicBook's spoiler-free John Wick 4 review and sample more critics' reviews here.