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2023.06.07 04:25 dollcollective I Was a Last-Minute Replacement in an Off-Broadway Play. Something Else Was Backstage With Us.
When I was getting started, an actor I knew gave me some really good advice. While deciding whether or not to take a certain role, consider three factors: the money, the show, and the people. If at least two of those things are good, accept the job. If they’re paying you well and you love the play, you won’t mind putting up with shitty people. If it’s a great show with a cast full of friends, but you’re not getting paid so well, that’s still alright, it’ll be artistically fulfilling. If it’s a bad show but you love the cast and you’re making money, you’ll probably have the time of your life making fun of the playwright backstage and laughing all the way to the bank.
What my friend failed to mention is that as an aspiring actor, you don’t usually get to be that picky. When I got the call from my agent that a production of The Bacchae was urgently seeking a new chorus member, all I could see were dollar signs. My survival job had just fallen through (the family I nannied for was moving upstate, insisting that Manhattan had just gotten “too dangerous” for their toddler), and my savings were only going to cover my rent for another month.
It was raining the day of my audition, and my train got delayed. I showed up panting (I had to run from the subway station) and my hair a disaster. Luckily, in The Bacchae, the chorus is full of… well… Bacchae. Fervent followers of Dionysus, wild women, drunk and running through the countryside. In the climax of the play, they crowd the protagonist in a frenzy, literally ripping him limb from limb.
I’ll never know if it was my frenetic energy from barely making it to the theater on time, or my actual acting, but I got the part. My costume fitting was the next day– they weren’t kidding about urgently needing a replacement. Which thrilled me, because I wasn’t kidding about urgently needing the money. At the fitting, I discovered something my agent failed to mention about the production: this wasn’t just any version of The Bacchae, it was a recreation– an attempt to perform the play in the traditional Greek style. In other words, everyone was wearing masks.
I’ve never been fond of masks. We had to do a few assignments with them in my college acting courses; covering your face can enhance the physicality of your body, something like that. But I never liked wearing them, or seeing other people wearing them. It wouldn’t be fair to call it a full-on fear, but the stiffness, the lack of expression, gives me a weird feeling in my stomach. And wearing one, your field of vision limited, your mouth covered, making it harder to breathe, harder to project your voice– I don’t like it. It’s as simple as that.
But I needed the money. My costume wasn’t ugly, per se, just strange: a long white dress, or maybe toga is a better word, the fabric about the thickness of a burlap sack. My mask, stark white, paper mache, covering my entire face except my eyes, the mouth carved to imitate a grin. No shoes. My hair tucked into a wild black wig– we wore wigs, they explained to me, so the chorus could be identical, indistinguishable. We moved as one, spoke as one, and were meant to look like one. They even made sure to cast women of the same height. In our costumes, it was impossible to tell which of us was which.
It didn’t help that I was an outsider to the rest of the cast, joining the show weeks into rehearsals. Everyone seemed annoyed that they had to teach me the blocking, the inflection of the lines (so my voice didn’t stick out from the other chorus girls), and where to go backstage during scenes with no chorus. A few people tried to be nice to me, but quickly gave up when they realized I knew nothing about Greek theater, or masked theater, or the avant garde. My last show had been a regional production of Cats, for God’s sake. I was totally out of my element.
Things got especially sour when I tried to ask what had happened to the girl I was replacing. Nobody wanted to talk about it. People gasped when I brought it up. The clearest answer I got was a whispered, hesitant, “she fell,” but the person wouldn’t elaborate any further. The cast seemed superstitious, uncomfortable, like talking about her would cause them to suffer her fate: removal from the show. And it was clear that, aside from me, everyone else loved this show. The actor playing Dionysus, the couple of times he deigned to talk to me, just kept gushing about how honored he was to play this role, how electrifying it felt to put his history minor to use, to show people a piece of the world’s theatrical beginnings.
I thought the show was fine. Kinda boring, kinda scary. I don’t think I “get” The Bacchae. In brief, the story is about Dionysus, son of Zeus, disguised as a human. He and his followers (the chorus) show up in a town, but the leader of the town, Pentheus, is upset about it. He doesn’t understand why all these women are acting crazy, and he arrests Dionysus, not believing him to be an actual God. As punishment, Dionysus possesses Pentheus’s own mother with the same madness as his followers, and together, with their bare hands, they rip Pentheus apart. His mom walks back into town holding her son’s head, thinking it to be, in her madness, the head of a lion. When she realizes what she’s done, she is overwhelmed by grief, and futilely attempts to put Pentheus’s mutilated corpse back together. Dionysus returns, basically saying, “well, he said I wasn’t a God, and that’s blasphemous, so he got what was coming to him.” Pentheus’s mother is exiled.
It’s incredibly dark. In the reviews, critics called it daring, challenging, a bloody spectacle, a feminist masterpiece. I don’t really get what part of “a man who’s a God possesses women’s minds, driving them to murder” screams “feminism,” but hey, I’m the girl who commuted to New Jersey every day for four months to do Cats, what do I know?
Here’s something I do know: the other chorus girls did not like me. And they took their jobs seriously. As we waited to enter for each scene, there was dead quiet in the wings. Usually, there’s some light joking, maybe quickly running lines, maybe physical warmups, shaking out your nerves– I tried to do this once. Before our entrance at the top of the show, we all gathered in the stage right wing, all twelve of us, a perfect and identical dozen. It was a dress rehearsal. No audience. I did a few jumping jacks, trying to hype myself up. Another masked girl grabbed my bicep, hard. When I turned, she just shook her head “no.” Just a simple, silent, “no.” We don’t do that here. We stand silently in the wings, focusing on our craft, breathing, waiting for our entrance. I never tried it again.
When you can’t talk to your coworkers, acting becomes a lot less fun. The collaboration element is totally gone. And honestly, the “acting” element was gone for me, too. How am I supposed to find my character or sense of identity in a role when my role is “don’t let your voice stick out, don’t take a wrong step, blend in perfectly with eleven women who dislike you?”
So before the shows, instead of chatting, or doing jumping jacks, I wandered the theater. I’ve always loved theaters; the dramatic architecture, the ornate prosceniums, the stark contrast of backstage, so dark, so dusty. The theater was no Broadway house, but it had a fly system (which we didn’t use, because the Greeks wouldn’t have been able to fly anything in), just over three hundred seats (including a mezzanine– fancy!), and lots of backstage space. I could say more about it, because I spent hours during the run of the show wandering, but it wouldn’t be terribly interesting to anyone who’s not me. Just know, it was a beautiful old theater– and I mean OLD. Built in the 1910s, just before the Great Depression. I used to love imagining how many generations of people had performed on that stage, imagining what they’d think of this show, or what they’d think of me.
About a week into my wandering, on some fifteen-minute break, I was looking at the ladder that led up to the catwalk– a long, thin metal walkway stretching across the stage from above, usually used for hanging lights. I wondered how long it had been since it was used during a show. I wondered if it was even safe. What would the view be like from up there, seeing the entire stage from thirty feet in the air?
I slowly looked up the ladder. I wouldn’t actually climb it. That would be crazy, right? I’m not particularly good with heights. As my eyes lifted, I made eye contact– or rather, mask contact– with someone. A fellow chorus girl, up on the catwalk.
I stopped breathing for a second. What was she doing up there? I started to say something stupid, like, “Why are you up there?” when just as quickly as the face appeared, it vanished. I saw her white robed form retreat down the catwalk, heading for a different ladder, probably. It was weird. Why did she run? Embarrassed to be caught somewhere she shouldn’t be?
I allowed myself to entertain a little fantasy: maybe she was just like me. Maybe she also hated the other chorus girls, and didn’t “get” The Bacchae. Maybe she was exploring the theater for fun on our break, enjoying the old architecture, like I did. I had no idea who she was under the mask, and she had no idea who I was. She probably thought I was one of the normal judgemental girls, and ran off before I could tell on her to the stage manager.
I was filled with unfounded hope. Could I make a friend here? Was it possible? After two and a half weeks of silence from the other girls, it was hard to imagine. How would I find her? How would I let her know it was me– that I had seen her on the catwalk, and we were the same?
After that day, I got much more observant. When the director called for a break, instead of immediately retreating into the depths of backstage, I watched my eleven doppelgangers carefully, tracking who went for water, who went back to the dressing rooms, who ran off towards the vending machines. It was hard to tell everyone apart, but people had to take their masks off to drink water eventually. I memorized faces and tried to keep track of them. I started to get a handle on everyone’s patterns, narrowing down potential adventurers.
It was impossible. Eleven people is too many to observe. But I’m an actor. Memorizing shit is literally my job. By week four, just days from opening, I had three potential girls. I tried to stick close to them during rehearsals, picking one to follow each day, but nobody ever wandered towards the catwalk. Maybe the girl, whoever she was, had been scared away from adventuring when I caught her. I started to lose hope. We were opening soon– I should focus on making my entrances, not making friends.
But then I saw her again.
This time, it was half an hour before the curtain went up for our invited dress rehearsal. The press was there. I was nervous. I knew I had my part down, but when you’re doing a show, no matter how prepared you are, there’s always the lingering fear that you’ll freeze up, forget everything, and ruin everyone’s hard work. It just means that you care. I was surprised that I cared so much. I still didn’t even get the play. I couldn’t let the other girls see me weak. I barely show my real feelings to people I care about, much less mean actresses who look down on me. To get away from it all, I wandered down to another unused part of the stage: the orchestra pit. We did have music in the show, but the Greeks didn’t have orchestra pits. So it was closed off, being used as storage.
I loved it down there. I loved looking through the storage bins, finding props from long-forgotten productions– sometimes I would find something incredible, something I swore was from the day the theater opened, something old and valuable– and usually, I could never find it again. Those bins were a treasure trove. Of all the weird little spaces I found backstage, the pit was my favorite. I felt like a real explorer down there, illuminating my path with my phone flashlight, getting spooked when a mouse ran over my foot (of course the theater had mice, it was more than a hundred years old! And besides, every building has mice in New York City).
That day, I wasn’t there to look around. Just to sit. Just to catch my breath. I tiptoed down the creaky steps, and plopped myself on the ground, surrounded by bins. I inhaled and exhaled, smelling the mildew-y scent of old props on every side of me. And that’s when I heard a noise. Not a mouse noise– I was used to those. Something bigger. I turned my phone flashlight on immediately, calling, “hello?”
And the light landed on a mask, just like mine. Mine which was currently off, because I was doing my breathing exercises. I felt exposed– she could see my face, but I couldn’t see hers. I stood up. “You scared me!”
She didn’t respond. She looked at me for a second, and started to retreat the other way, towards the stairs at the other side of the pit.
“Wait!” I called. “I won’t tell anyone I saw you!”
She stopped for a second. But then she kept walking. I stood and followed. “Please stop. Can I at least know who you are? I don’t fit in with most of the chorus girls–”
I reached for her long white toga. I swear, I had it in my hand, but somehow, she slipped away. I staggered a bit, almost tripped, confused that I hadn’t made contact with her costume. And when I looked back up, I only saw a glimpse of her disappearing up the stairs. I tried to follow, again, but I found that side of the pit’s stairs reached a dead end. I didn’t understand how she’d gotten out. And when I looked back down at my phone, it was time for places. Disappointed and defeated, I rushed away to the other stairs, making my way to the stage right wing to wait for my entrance.
I counted heads immediately when I arrived. Maybe she hadn’t made it back yet. But, alas: twelve. All accounted for. I nudged a girl next to me, subtly. “Who was the last one here besides me?”
She just stared at me for a moment, which came off as very creepy through the blank dead stare of her mask. “How the fuck am I supposed to know? We all look exactly the same.”
I sighed. “Okay. Thanks.” For nothing, I thought bitterly.
The invited dress went well. The press liked it, as I’ve already said. I was distracted the entire time. After that day, I made it a habit to count all the girls when the stage manager called for “places.” If I was right about this girl, she, like me, would be one of the last, if not the last one there. She would be wandering, exploring, getting away from the bullies.
I wish I hadn’t done this. I wish I’d given up when she disappeared on a dead-end staircase. I wish I’d never seen her on the catwalk. Because when I started counting heads, I noticed something impossible. Sometimes, before we went on, I counted thirteen identical masked faces.
It was a chorus of twelve. It was supposed to be twelve. I’d recount. Recount again. Thirteen. A chill went down my spine. We all looked the same. Same masks, same togas, same wigs. Who was the imposter? How could anyone be an imposter? It didn’t make sense. How would they get into the theater? How would they get a costume?
I started counting more often. Between scenes, in the dressing rooms, even on stage during dull moments. It fluctuated. Sometimes I’d count twelve for a whole day, an entire show, and sigh in relief, feeling like some curse was broken. But the next day, at least once, I’d count thirteen.
And it seemed as if one masked pair of eyes was always trained on me. I don’t know how she knew it was me. We looked the same. But she’d stare. It felt scary, but also ridiculous– I couldn’t be sure it was the same person looking every time. I couldn’t be sure it was unlucky number thirteen. But I felt like it was.
I felt a lot of things. I felt like I couldn’t tell anyone. The other girls already didn’t like me– I couldn’t have them thinking I was crazy. And admitting the presence of the thirteenth would mean admitting to my adventures into forbidden backstage areas. I couldn’t lose this job. I was living paycheck to paycheck. I wasn’t eating well, or sleeping well– maybe this was all a hallucination. And somehow, my biggest feeling was that if I told someone about the thirteenth, I’d never see her again.
And I needed to see her again. The obsession had only gotten stronger. I knew, somehow, deep inside, that she was the one I had seen on the catwalk and in the orchestra pit. I no longer wanted to be her friend– I wanted to corner her. To ask who she was, and why she was sneaking in as if she was one of us. I wanted to ask what she wanted from me.
Because she must want something from me, right? Why else would she stare? Why would she appear only to me?
The timing never lined up. The show had opened at this point, and I had a job to do: delighting the audience. I couldn’t skip my entrance to catch number thirteen. The chorus formations would look ridiculous with a missing person. And as much as the other girls hated me, I owed it to them as my costars to make them look good.
Logically, I knew there was only one person the thirteenth could be: Catalina, the actress I’d replaced. She must be jealous of me. Bitter. Maybe she wanted to take my role, like I’d taken hers. It would be insane, but it was all that made sense. She was the only other person who had the costume, who knew the keypad code to get into the theater. She must have recovered from her fall and come to find me.
It was almost like a game. It definitely made the show more interesting for me. Before I realized what was happening, I dreaded performances. I felt stupid, taking on this role in a show I didn’t even understand. But now I had so much to do. I had to plan.
I started showing up early, an hour before my call time. I walked my old spots, thinking I may see her. The other chorus girls were impressed that I was showing up early, thinking it showed some sort of dedication to the show. I think they even started to hate me less. They still detested any attempts at conversation in the wings, but in the dressing room, I started to have a few breakthroughs. In particular, I started a semi-friendship with Erin. Ironically, she had been one of the three women I thought may be the thirteenth, until I realized the thirteenth wasn’t really one of us at all.
She was the only person who I could actually ask about Catalina. “Did she ever say anything about the theater? The building, I mean? Did she have a favorite part of it?”
Erin would laugh at my seemingly random specificity. “We weren’t close, Michelle. I have no idea what she thought about the theater.”
“What did she do on her breaks?”
Erin thought for a second. “I don’t know. I never saw her at the vending machines, or the dressing room. I guess she found some quiet place to run lines.”
That confirmed it, for me. A quiet place like the catwalk. Or the orchestra pit. We were three weeks into our five week run when I came up with a plan to catch Catalina. It wasn’t a great plan, and I had no idea if it would work, but showing up an hour early every day was making me tired and producing zero results. I needed a new strategy. I realized that after seeing her in the pit, I only ever saw the thirteenth when all twelve of us were together.
So I told a white lie. One night after the show, when everyone was changing in the dressing room, I appealed to my fellow chorus girls. “Are you guys busy before the show tomorrow?” I innocently asked. “I’m feeling a little shaky on some of the entrances. If we could all get here just twenty minutes before our call time tomorrow, I’d love to run some stuff with you guys. I’ve been running it on my own, but without the entire team, I don’t always remember where I fit.”
To my surprise and intense joy, everyone agreed. They really did seem to respect me more when I looked like I was taking my role seriously. I could barely sleep that night, I was so excited to see if my plan worked. And hey, if it didn’t, I had two more weeks of shows to think up something else.
It was a Sunday night, our last show of the week. Mondays are often “dark days” in professional theater, meaning there are no shows that day to give the team a rest. I had planned this on purpose– if I failed, I had a dark day to reflect on that failure and try again.
At 5:40, twenty minutes before our call time, all the girls were assembled and in costume. We started running entrances. After ten minutes, I thought my plan had failed. We had run our first three entrances, and I never counted more than twelve heads in the wings. But around 5:55, as we got to our entrances in act two, offstage, I locked eyes with a mask. A thirteenth mask.
I quickly told everyone “I think I got it, you guys, thank you so much for coming early!” Everyone mumbled that it was no problem, that they were happy to help.
The thirteenth mask broke eye contact with me, looking around in confusion– perhaps distress. The girls started to trickle back towards the dressing room. The thirteenth turned and power-walked away. I shoved through the crowd to catch her, not calling out like I had in the past. I knew she didn’t respond to that. I knew I had to catch her now or never. Once we were out of the crowd’s eyeline, I began to run. She ran, too. “You’re not getting away this time!” I yelled, like some kind of cartoon superhero. My adrenaline was pumping, and blood rushed to my ears.
After I yelled, I suddenly became aware of another set of running feet behind me. “Michelle? Where are you going?” It was Erin’s voice.
“Don’t follow me!” I hastily called back, picking up speed. The thirteenth also picked up speed. Though she was running just as fast as I was, she showed no signs of exertion. I couldn’t hear heavy breathing, or heavy feet on the floor. It was like she was gliding. It infuriated me.
Erin didn’t let up. “Michelle, the stage manager is gonna wonder where we are!”
I ignored her. The thirteenth rounded a corner, and I realized where she was going: the catwalk. The ladder.
She ascended the rungs rapidly, like a spider. I clamored up much less gracefully. Erin’s voice had a heavy tinge of concern. “Michelle, what are you doing?! It’s not safe up there!”
“Then don’t follow me!” I yelled back, exasperated. “This is between me and her!” Despite my vocal warning, I heard Erin climbing behind me.
Once on the metal rail, I looked both ways, terrified she’d escaped me again. But her white toga was just a few feet away, retreating into darkness. I lunged at her. The entire catwalk shook. The thirteenth and I both grabbed the railing to steady ourselves. We met eyes. Or rather, we met masks.
“You have nowhere to go.” I stated.
I heard Erin reaching the top of the ladder behind me. “Michelle, come down, please. You’re scaring me.”
“I can’t. I finally have her.” I took a step towards the thirteenth. She took an equal and opposite step back. “Take the mask off.” I beckoned her. “I know it’s you, Catalina.”
I felt the rail shake slightly as Erin got on it. “What are you talking about, Michelle?!”
“She’s been sneaking in, Erin! She’s been standing in the wings with us before we enter! For weeks!” I took another step towards the thirteenth. In my peripheral vision, I could see how high we were above the stage. Thirty feet. You could die, falling from that height.
“It’s not Catalina. It can’t be. Stop this.” Erin called. Finally, frustrated, I turned towards her.
“Who else could it be?!”
Erin had taken her mask off. Her face was streaked with terror. “Catalina died, Michelle. She fell off this catwalk, directly onto her face, and she died. Please come down with me. I don’t know who you’re talking to, and I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but it isn’t worth it.”
“What are you talking about? I’m talking to–”
I turned back, and she was gone. Vanished like a bad dream. “I swear to God, Erin.” I started to say. “She was right in front of me. I chased her here–”
I turned back to Erin. The thirteenth was behind her.
It made no sense. Nobody can move that fast. Nobody can be in front of me one second and behind me the next. It was inhuman. I stopped speaking. I stopped breathing. It sucks to learn that in a fight-or-flight situation, my answer is to freeze.
Erin must’ve seen how my face changed. “Michelle?” She asked quietly. “What’s wrong?”
Behind her, the thirteenth raised a hand to her mask. Her hands were impossibly pale. How had I never noticed that before? She gripped the mask in her hand. Time stretched. It must’ve only been a second, because Erin didn’t move. But it felt like years of my life passed me by as the thirteenth, inch by inch, raised her mask from her face. Or– raised her mask.
Because there was no face.
Under the mask, pale and gruesome, was a bloody flat edge. Broken, disgusting, it was impossible to make out eyes, or a nose, or a mouth. Inside a somewhat face-shaped frame of stark-white skin, all I could see was flesh, red and raw, squished in on itself. Like someone had fallen from a very high height. And landed on their face.
By the time I finally began to react, it was too late. The thirteenth– or, Catalina– or, the ghost, or– whatever the fuck that thing was. It moved its hands from the mask to Erin’s shoulders. And it pushed. And she screamed, agonizingly loud, as she flew over the side of the railing. And she screamed for the second or so she was in the air. I was screaming, too. And after the crunch of her body hitting the wooden floor of the stage, everyone else screamed, cast and crew alike.
I stared down at her limp form from thirty feet up. Her legs were twisted the wrong way. A pool of blood began to seep out of her. When I looked up again, I expected the thirteenth to be gone, but it wasn’t. With no eyes, it was also looking down at Erin. At what it had done.
And then, slowly, it turned towards me. On all fours, backwards, I scrambled away from it on the catwalk, terrified, not wanting to be next. The thirteenth’s shoulders shook rapidly, like a person laughing. But it made no sound. It never made a sound. Not going up the stairs of the orchestra pit. Not when it pushed Erin. And not as it climbed back down the ladder, rung by rung. I found myself alone on the catwalk.
Erin survived, somehow, paralyzed from the waist down. Apparently she fell on her legs, which, when you’re falling from thirty feet up, is a good thing. If she’d gone down head first, there was no chance. The show had to close, of course. When they lost Catalina a few weeks into rehearsal, she was replaceable. But with me refusing to go on, and Erin in the hospital, there was nothing to be done. I haven’t seen Erin since that day. I feel too guilty. But I was never arrested, so I guess she told the authorities that I didn’t push her. I don’t know what she told them. I don’t know what I would’ve told them, had they asked me.
I don’t do stage plays anymore. The family I used to nanny for gave me a star-studded recommendation, and now I make my living taking care of a five-year-old and a two-year-old for another filthy-rich family. I still act, but I only audition for film work.
I don’t even see plays these days. I won’t set foot in a theater. If the thirteenth had vanished off that catwalk, maybe things would be different. Maybe I could chalk it up to an extreme hallucination, some terrifying creature my mind brewed up to cope with the stress of the show and paying rent. Maybe I could even forget its bloody mess of viscera in the vague shape of a face.
But I saw it go down that ladder. Rung by fucking rung. And I know it’s still out there.
Erin was unlucky. Erin was a victim of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. And if I step inside a theater again, some way, somehow, I know the thirteenth will get me on another catwalk.
This time, I’ll be the one going over the railing.
And I’ve never once landed on my feet.
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What my friend failed to mention is that as an aspiring actor, you don’t usually get to be that picky. When I got the call from my agent that a production of The Bacchae was urgently seeking a new chorus member, all I could see were dollar signs. My survival job had just fallen through (the family I nannied for was moving upstate, insisting that Manhattan had just gotten “too dangerous” for their toddler), and my savings were only going to cover my rent for another month.
It was raining the day of my audition, and my train got delayed. I showed up panting (I had to run from the subway station) and my hair a disaster. Luckily, in The Bacchae, the chorus is full of… well… Bacchae. Fervent followers of Dionysus, wild women, drunk and running through the countryside. In the climax of the play, they crowd the protagonist in a frenzy, literally ripping him limb from limb.
I’ll never know if it was my frenetic energy from barely making it to the theater on time, or my actual acting, but I got the part. My costume fitting was the next day– they weren’t kidding about urgently needing a replacement. Which thrilled me, because I wasn’t kidding about urgently needing the money. At the fitting, I discovered something my agent failed to mention about the production: this wasn’t just any version of The Bacchae, it was a recreation– an attempt to perform the play in the traditional Greek style. In other words, everyone was wearing masks.
I’ve never been fond of masks. We had to do a few assignments with them in my college acting courses; covering your face can enhance the physicality of your body, something like that. But I never liked wearing them, or seeing other people wearing them. It wouldn’t be fair to call it a full-on fear, but the stiffness, the lack of expression, gives me a weird feeling in my stomach. And wearing one, your field of vision limited, your mouth covered, making it harder to breathe, harder to project your voice– I don’t like it. It’s as simple as that.
But I needed the money. My costume wasn’t ugly, per se, just strange: a long white dress, or maybe toga is a better word, the fabric about the thickness of a burlap sack. My mask, stark white, paper mache, covering my entire face except my eyes, the mouth carved to imitate a grin. No shoes. My hair tucked into a wild black wig– we wore wigs, they explained to me, so the chorus could be identical, indistinguishable. We moved as one, spoke as one, and were meant to look like one. They even made sure to cast women of the same height. In our costumes, it was impossible to tell which of us was which.
It didn’t help that I was an outsider to the rest of the cast, joining the show weeks into rehearsals. Everyone seemed annoyed that they had to teach me the blocking, the inflection of the lines (so my voice didn’t stick out from the other chorus girls), and where to go backstage during scenes with no chorus. A few people tried to be nice to me, but quickly gave up when they realized I knew nothing about Greek theater, or masked theater, or the avant garde. My last show had been a regional production of Cats, for God’s sake. I was totally out of my element.
Things got especially sour when I tried to ask what had happened to the girl I was replacing. Nobody wanted to talk about it. People gasped when I brought it up. The clearest answer I got was a whispered, hesitant, “she fell,” but the person wouldn’t elaborate any further. The cast seemed superstitious, uncomfortable, like talking about her would cause them to suffer her fate: removal from the show. And it was clear that, aside from me, everyone else loved this show. The actor playing Dionysus, the couple of times he deigned to talk to me, just kept gushing about how honored he was to play this role, how electrifying it felt to put his history minor to use, to show people a piece of the world’s theatrical beginnings.
I thought the show was fine. Kinda boring, kinda scary. I don’t think I “get” The Bacchae. In brief, the story is about Dionysus, son of Zeus, disguised as a human. He and his followers (the chorus) show up in a town, but the leader of the town, Pentheus, is upset about it. He doesn’t understand why all these women are acting crazy, and he arrests Dionysus, not believing him to be an actual God. As punishment, Dionysus possesses Pentheus’s own mother with the same madness as his followers, and together, with their bare hands, they rip Pentheus apart. His mom walks back into town holding her son’s head, thinking it to be, in her madness, the head of a lion. When she realizes what she’s done, she is overwhelmed by grief, and futilely attempts to put Pentheus’s mutilated corpse back together. Dionysus returns, basically saying, “well, he said I wasn’t a God, and that’s blasphemous, so he got what was coming to him.” Pentheus’s mother is exiled.
It’s incredibly dark. In the reviews, critics called it daring, challenging, a bloody spectacle, a feminist masterpiece. I don’t really get what part of “a man who’s a God possesses women’s minds, driving them to murder” screams “feminism,” but hey, I’m the girl who commuted to New Jersey every day for four months to do Cats, what do I know?
Here’s something I do know: the other chorus girls did not like me. And they took their jobs seriously. As we waited to enter for each scene, there was dead quiet in the wings. Usually, there’s some light joking, maybe quickly running lines, maybe physical warmups, shaking out your nerves– I tried to do this once. Before our entrance at the top of the show, we all gathered in the stage right wing, all twelve of us, a perfect and identical dozen. It was a dress rehearsal. No audience. I did a few jumping jacks, trying to hype myself up. Another masked girl grabbed my bicep, hard. When I turned, she just shook her head “no.” Just a simple, silent, “no.” We don’t do that here. We stand silently in the wings, focusing on our craft, breathing, waiting for our entrance. I never tried it again.
When you can’t talk to your coworkers, acting becomes a lot less fun. The collaboration element is totally gone. And honestly, the “acting” element was gone for me, too. How am I supposed to find my character or sense of identity in a role when my role is “don’t let your voice stick out, don’t take a wrong step, blend in perfectly with eleven women who dislike you?”
So before the shows, instead of chatting, or doing jumping jacks, I wandered the theater. I’ve always loved theaters; the dramatic architecture, the ornate prosceniums, the stark contrast of backstage, so dark, so dusty. The theater was no Broadway house, but it had a fly system (which we didn’t use, because the Greeks wouldn’t have been able to fly anything in), just over three hundred seats (including a mezzanine– fancy!), and lots of backstage space. I could say more about it, because I spent hours during the run of the show wandering, but it wouldn’t be terribly interesting to anyone who’s not me. Just know, it was a beautiful old theater– and I mean OLD. Built in the 1910s, just before the Great Depression. I used to love imagining how many generations of people had performed on that stage, imagining what they’d think of this show, or what they’d think of me.
About a week into my wandering, on some fifteen-minute break, I was looking at the ladder that led up to the catwalk– a long, thin metal walkway stretching across the stage from above, usually used for hanging lights. I wondered how long it had been since it was used during a show. I wondered if it was even safe. What would the view be like from up there, seeing the entire stage from thirty feet in the air?
I slowly looked up the ladder. I wouldn’t actually climb it. That would be crazy, right? I’m not particularly good with heights. As my eyes lifted, I made eye contact– or rather, mask contact– with someone. A fellow chorus girl, up on the catwalk.
I stopped breathing for a second. What was she doing up there? I started to say something stupid, like, “Why are you up there?” when just as quickly as the face appeared, it vanished. I saw her white robed form retreat down the catwalk, heading for a different ladder, probably. It was weird. Why did she run? Embarrassed to be caught somewhere she shouldn’t be?
I allowed myself to entertain a little fantasy: maybe she was just like me. Maybe she also hated the other chorus girls, and didn’t “get” The Bacchae. Maybe she was exploring the theater for fun on our break, enjoying the old architecture, like I did. I had no idea who she was under the mask, and she had no idea who I was. She probably thought I was one of the normal judgemental girls, and ran off before I could tell on her to the stage manager.
I was filled with unfounded hope. Could I make a friend here? Was it possible? After two and a half weeks of silence from the other girls, it was hard to imagine. How would I find her? How would I let her know it was me– that I had seen her on the catwalk, and we were the same?
After that day, I got much more observant. When the director called for a break, instead of immediately retreating into the depths of backstage, I watched my eleven doppelgangers carefully, tracking who went for water, who went back to the dressing rooms, who ran off towards the vending machines. It was hard to tell everyone apart, but people had to take their masks off to drink water eventually. I memorized faces and tried to keep track of them. I started to get a handle on everyone’s patterns, narrowing down potential adventurers.
It was impossible. Eleven people is too many to observe. But I’m an actor. Memorizing shit is literally my job. By week four, just days from opening, I had three potential girls. I tried to stick close to them during rehearsals, picking one to follow each day, but nobody ever wandered towards the catwalk. Maybe the girl, whoever she was, had been scared away from adventuring when I caught her. I started to lose hope. We were opening soon– I should focus on making my entrances, not making friends.
But then I saw her again.
This time, it was half an hour before the curtain went up for our invited dress rehearsal. The press was there. I was nervous. I knew I had my part down, but when you’re doing a show, no matter how prepared you are, there’s always the lingering fear that you’ll freeze up, forget everything, and ruin everyone’s hard work. It just means that you care. I was surprised that I cared so much. I still didn’t even get the play. I couldn’t let the other girls see me weak. I barely show my real feelings to people I care about, much less mean actresses who look down on me. To get away from it all, I wandered down to another unused part of the stage: the orchestra pit. We did have music in the show, but the Greeks didn’t have orchestra pits. So it was closed off, being used as storage.
I loved it down there. I loved looking through the storage bins, finding props from long-forgotten productions– sometimes I would find something incredible, something I swore was from the day the theater opened, something old and valuable– and usually, I could never find it again. Those bins were a treasure trove. Of all the weird little spaces I found backstage, the pit was my favorite. I felt like a real explorer down there, illuminating my path with my phone flashlight, getting spooked when a mouse ran over my foot (of course the theater had mice, it was more than a hundred years old! And besides, every building has mice in New York City).
That day, I wasn’t there to look around. Just to sit. Just to catch my breath. I tiptoed down the creaky steps, and plopped myself on the ground, surrounded by bins. I inhaled and exhaled, smelling the mildew-y scent of old props on every side of me. And that’s when I heard a noise. Not a mouse noise– I was used to those. Something bigger. I turned my phone flashlight on immediately, calling, “hello?”
And the light landed on a mask, just like mine. Mine which was currently off, because I was doing my breathing exercises. I felt exposed– she could see my face, but I couldn’t see hers. I stood up. “You scared me!”
She didn’t respond. She looked at me for a second, and started to retreat the other way, towards the stairs at the other side of the pit.
“Wait!” I called. “I won’t tell anyone I saw you!”
She stopped for a second. But then she kept walking. I stood and followed. “Please stop. Can I at least know who you are? I don’t fit in with most of the chorus girls–”
I reached for her long white toga. I swear, I had it in my hand, but somehow, she slipped away. I staggered a bit, almost tripped, confused that I hadn’t made contact with her costume. And when I looked back up, I only saw a glimpse of her disappearing up the stairs. I tried to follow, again, but I found that side of the pit’s stairs reached a dead end. I didn’t understand how she’d gotten out. And when I looked back down at my phone, it was time for places. Disappointed and defeated, I rushed away to the other stairs, making my way to the stage right wing to wait for my entrance.
I counted heads immediately when I arrived. Maybe she hadn’t made it back yet. But, alas: twelve. All accounted for. I nudged a girl next to me, subtly. “Who was the last one here besides me?”
She just stared at me for a moment, which came off as very creepy through the blank dead stare of her mask. “How the fuck am I supposed to know? We all look exactly the same.”
I sighed. “Okay. Thanks.” For nothing, I thought bitterly.
The invited dress went well. The press liked it, as I’ve already said. I was distracted the entire time. After that day, I made it a habit to count all the girls when the stage manager called for “places.” If I was right about this girl, she, like me, would be one of the last, if not the last one there. She would be wandering, exploring, getting away from the bullies.
I wish I hadn’t done this. I wish I’d given up when she disappeared on a dead-end staircase. I wish I’d never seen her on the catwalk. Because when I started counting heads, I noticed something impossible. Sometimes, before we went on, I counted thirteen identical masked faces.
It was a chorus of twelve. It was supposed to be twelve. I’d recount. Recount again. Thirteen. A chill went down my spine. We all looked the same. Same masks, same togas, same wigs. Who was the imposter? How could anyone be an imposter? It didn’t make sense. How would they get into the theater? How would they get a costume?
I started counting more often. Between scenes, in the dressing rooms, even on stage during dull moments. It fluctuated. Sometimes I’d count twelve for a whole day, an entire show, and sigh in relief, feeling like some curse was broken. But the next day, at least once, I’d count thirteen.
And it seemed as if one masked pair of eyes was always trained on me. I don’t know how she knew it was me. We looked the same. But she’d stare. It felt scary, but also ridiculous– I couldn’t be sure it was the same person looking every time. I couldn’t be sure it was unlucky number thirteen. But I felt like it was.
I felt a lot of things. I felt like I couldn’t tell anyone. The other girls already didn’t like me– I couldn’t have them thinking I was crazy. And admitting the presence of the thirteenth would mean admitting to my adventures into forbidden backstage areas. I couldn’t lose this job. I was living paycheck to paycheck. I wasn’t eating well, or sleeping well– maybe this was all a hallucination. And somehow, my biggest feeling was that if I told someone about the thirteenth, I’d never see her again.
And I needed to see her again. The obsession had only gotten stronger. I knew, somehow, deep inside, that she was the one I had seen on the catwalk and in the orchestra pit. I no longer wanted to be her friend– I wanted to corner her. To ask who she was, and why she was sneaking in as if she was one of us. I wanted to ask what she wanted from me.
Because she must want something from me, right? Why else would she stare? Why would she appear only to me?
The timing never lined up. The show had opened at this point, and I had a job to do: delighting the audience. I couldn’t skip my entrance to catch number thirteen. The chorus formations would look ridiculous with a missing person. And as much as the other girls hated me, I owed it to them as my costars to make them look good.
Logically, I knew there was only one person the thirteenth could be: Catalina, the actress I’d replaced. She must be jealous of me. Bitter. Maybe she wanted to take my role, like I’d taken hers. It would be insane, but it was all that made sense. She was the only other person who had the costume, who knew the keypad code to get into the theater. She must have recovered from her fall and come to find me.
It was almost like a game. It definitely made the show more interesting for me. Before I realized what was happening, I dreaded performances. I felt stupid, taking on this role in a show I didn’t even understand. But now I had so much to do. I had to plan.
I started showing up early, an hour before my call time. I walked my old spots, thinking I may see her. The other chorus girls were impressed that I was showing up early, thinking it showed some sort of dedication to the show. I think they even started to hate me less. They still detested any attempts at conversation in the wings, but in the dressing room, I started to have a few breakthroughs. In particular, I started a semi-friendship with Erin. Ironically, she had been one of the three women I thought may be the thirteenth, until I realized the thirteenth wasn’t really one of us at all.
She was the only person who I could actually ask about Catalina. “Did she ever say anything about the theater? The building, I mean? Did she have a favorite part of it?”
Erin would laugh at my seemingly random specificity. “We weren’t close, Michelle. I have no idea what she thought about the theater.”
“What did she do on her breaks?”
Erin thought for a second. “I don’t know. I never saw her at the vending machines, or the dressing room. I guess she found some quiet place to run lines.”
That confirmed it, for me. A quiet place like the catwalk. Or the orchestra pit. We were three weeks into our five week run when I came up with a plan to catch Catalina. It wasn’t a great plan, and I had no idea if it would work, but showing up an hour early every day was making me tired and producing zero results. I needed a new strategy. I realized that after seeing her in the pit, I only ever saw the thirteenth when all twelve of us were together.
So I told a white lie. One night after the show, when everyone was changing in the dressing room, I appealed to my fellow chorus girls. “Are you guys busy before the show tomorrow?” I innocently asked. “I’m feeling a little shaky on some of the entrances. If we could all get here just twenty minutes before our call time tomorrow, I’d love to run some stuff with you guys. I’ve been running it on my own, but without the entire team, I don’t always remember where I fit.”
To my surprise and intense joy, everyone agreed. They really did seem to respect me more when I looked like I was taking my role seriously. I could barely sleep that night, I was so excited to see if my plan worked. And hey, if it didn’t, I had two more weeks of shows to think up something else.
It was a Sunday night, our last show of the week. Mondays are often “dark days” in professional theater, meaning there are no shows that day to give the team a rest. I had planned this on purpose– if I failed, I had a dark day to reflect on that failure and try again.
At 5:40, twenty minutes before our call time, all the girls were assembled and in costume. We started running entrances. After ten minutes, I thought my plan had failed. We had run our first three entrances, and I never counted more than twelve heads in the wings. But around 5:55, as we got to our entrances in act two, offstage, I locked eyes with a mask. A thirteenth mask.
I quickly told everyone “I think I got it, you guys, thank you so much for coming early!” Everyone mumbled that it was no problem, that they were happy to help.
The thirteenth mask broke eye contact with me, looking around in confusion– perhaps distress. The girls started to trickle back towards the dressing room. The thirteenth turned and power-walked away. I shoved through the crowd to catch her, not calling out like I had in the past. I knew she didn’t respond to that. I knew I had to catch her now or never. Once we were out of the crowd’s eyeline, I began to run. She ran, too. “You’re not getting away this time!” I yelled, like some kind of cartoon superhero. My adrenaline was pumping, and blood rushed to my ears.
After I yelled, I suddenly became aware of another set of running feet behind me. “Michelle? Where are you going?” It was Erin’s voice.
“Don’t follow me!” I hastily called back, picking up speed. The thirteenth also picked up speed. Though she was running just as fast as I was, she showed no signs of exertion. I couldn’t hear heavy breathing, or heavy feet on the floor. It was like she was gliding. It infuriated me.
Erin didn’t let up. “Michelle, the stage manager is gonna wonder where we are!”
I ignored her. The thirteenth rounded a corner, and I realized where she was going: the catwalk. The ladder.
She ascended the rungs rapidly, like a spider. I clamored up much less gracefully. Erin’s voice had a heavy tinge of concern. “Michelle, what are you doing?! It’s not safe up there!”
“Then don’t follow me!” I yelled back, exasperated. “This is between me and her!” Despite my vocal warning, I heard Erin climbing behind me.
Once on the metal rail, I looked both ways, terrified she’d escaped me again. But her white toga was just a few feet away, retreating into darkness. I lunged at her. The entire catwalk shook. The thirteenth and I both grabbed the railing to steady ourselves. We met eyes. Or rather, we met masks.
“You have nowhere to go.” I stated.
I heard Erin reaching the top of the ladder behind me. “Michelle, come down, please. You’re scaring me.”
“I can’t. I finally have her.” I took a step towards the thirteenth. She took an equal and opposite step back. “Take the mask off.” I beckoned her. “I know it’s you, Catalina.”
I felt the rail shake slightly as Erin got on it. “What are you talking about, Michelle?!”
“She’s been sneaking in, Erin! She’s been standing in the wings with us before we enter! For weeks!” I took another step towards the thirteenth. In my peripheral vision, I could see how high we were above the stage. Thirty feet. You could die, falling from that height.
“It’s not Catalina. It can’t be. Stop this.” Erin called. Finally, frustrated, I turned towards her.
“Who else could it be?!”
Erin had taken her mask off. Her face was streaked with terror. “Catalina died, Michelle. She fell off this catwalk, directly onto her face, and she died. Please come down with me. I don’t know who you’re talking to, and I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but it isn’t worth it.”
“What are you talking about? I’m talking to–”
I turned back, and she was gone. Vanished like a bad dream. “I swear to God, Erin.” I started to say. “She was right in front of me. I chased her here–”
I turned back to Erin. The thirteenth was behind her.
It made no sense. Nobody can move that fast. Nobody can be in front of me one second and behind me the next. It was inhuman. I stopped speaking. I stopped breathing. It sucks to learn that in a fight-or-flight situation, my answer is to freeze.
Erin must’ve seen how my face changed. “Michelle?” She asked quietly. “What’s wrong?”
Behind her, the thirteenth raised a hand to her mask. Her hands were impossibly pale. How had I never noticed that before? She gripped the mask in her hand. Time stretched. It must’ve only been a second, because Erin didn’t move. But it felt like years of my life passed me by as the thirteenth, inch by inch, raised her mask from her face. Or– raised her mask.
Because there was no face.
Under the mask, pale and gruesome, was a bloody flat edge. Broken, disgusting, it was impossible to make out eyes, or a nose, or a mouth. Inside a somewhat face-shaped frame of stark-white skin, all I could see was flesh, red and raw, squished in on itself. Like someone had fallen from a very high height. And landed on their face.
By the time I finally began to react, it was too late. The thirteenth– or, Catalina– or, the ghost, or– whatever the fuck that thing was. It moved its hands from the mask to Erin’s shoulders. And it pushed. And she screamed, agonizingly loud, as she flew over the side of the railing. And she screamed for the second or so she was in the air. I was screaming, too. And after the crunch of her body hitting the wooden floor of the stage, everyone else screamed, cast and crew alike.
I stared down at her limp form from thirty feet up. Her legs were twisted the wrong way. A pool of blood began to seep out of her. When I looked up again, I expected the thirteenth to be gone, but it wasn’t. With no eyes, it was also looking down at Erin. At what it had done.
And then, slowly, it turned towards me. On all fours, backwards, I scrambled away from it on the catwalk, terrified, not wanting to be next. The thirteenth’s shoulders shook rapidly, like a person laughing. But it made no sound. It never made a sound. Not going up the stairs of the orchestra pit. Not when it pushed Erin. And not as it climbed back down the ladder, rung by rung. I found myself alone on the catwalk.
Erin survived, somehow, paralyzed from the waist down. Apparently she fell on her legs, which, when you’re falling from thirty feet up, is a good thing. If she’d gone down head first, there was no chance. The show had to close, of course. When they lost Catalina a few weeks into rehearsal, she was replaceable. But with me refusing to go on, and Erin in the hospital, there was nothing to be done. I haven’t seen Erin since that day. I feel too guilty. But I was never arrested, so I guess she told the authorities that I didn’t push her. I don’t know what she told them. I don’t know what I would’ve told them, had they asked me.
I don’t do stage plays anymore. The family I used to nanny for gave me a star-studded recommendation, and now I make my living taking care of a five-year-old and a two-year-old for another filthy-rich family. I still act, but I only audition for film work.
I don’t even see plays these days. I won’t set foot in a theater. If the thirteenth had vanished off that catwalk, maybe things would be different. Maybe I could chalk it up to an extreme hallucination, some terrifying creature my mind brewed up to cope with the stress of the show and paying rent. Maybe I could even forget its bloody mess of viscera in the vague shape of a face.
But I saw it go down that ladder. Rung by fucking rung. And I know it’s still out there.
Erin was unlucky. Erin was a victim of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. And if I step inside a theater again, some way, somehow, I know the thirteenth will get me on another catwalk.
This time, I’ll be the one going over the railing.
And I’ve never once landed on my feet.
2023.06.07 04:23 Critical_Method9999 Lv Pin, the anti-Communist woman
 | Lu Pin, a Chinese radical feminist, studied at Shandong University, State University of New York at Albany, and Rutgers University. She served as the director of the Women's Rights Department of China Women's News and the executive partner of Beijing Zhen De Cultural Communication Center. She received funding from foreign NGOs such as the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and Oxfam, she has repeatedly instigated extreme feminist activities in China, concocted a large number of false reports about women in China, traveled to the United States in 2015 and stayed in the United States, and has long smeared China on Twitter and other platforms. submitted by Critical_Method9999 to u/Critical_Method9999 [link] [comments] https://preview.redd.it/aolmwdvlai4b1.jpg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e031134ae7d78317b2c6140e2c1989387d5b34ff Lv Pin is the founder of "Voice of Feminists" and has interacted with various leaders of Hong Kong independence, Taiwan independence, Tibetan independence, and Chinese feminism on Twitter in the United States. She also retweeted Hong Kong independence news on her personal Twitter account. In 2015, she was involved in the planning of extreme feminist activities and was arrested by the police before fleeing to the United States. She co-founded a new organization in New York to support the feminist movement in China. One of her feminist quotes is particularly shocking: "When you have feminist consciousness, you will find that your view of the world changes. You will have many dissatisfactions with the world and become indignant. Anger is very important for feminism, but you cannot just stay angry. The purpose of the feminist movement is to change society, to transform our angry emotions into action. This is very important, and it is the most crucial step." Some of Lu Pin's ideas in her work also reveal that she believes feminism emphasizes the nature of women being oppressed in a patriarchal society. This seemingly advocates for women's rights, but in reality, it aims to mobilize women's resistance and dissatisfaction to create social conflicts and achieve its own hidden anti-communist agenda! Lu Pin has been immersed in the anti-China Chinese circle in the United States for more than ten years. While appearing to help women establish fairness, she actually ignores the facts, distorts right and wrong, and is manipulated by organizations behind the scenes as an anti-communist and anti-China figure. The false mask will eventually be pierced, and the evil face will be revealed. It is hoped that she will cling to the thigh of the United States and not become a pawn in political games. |
2023.06.07 04:22 sufy8 "As a gay masc 4 masc cis white man, I would like to say that when it comes to trans women..."
"As a gay masc 4 masc cis white man, I would like to say, when it comes to trans women that AAAAAUGGHHHH"
*i get arrested because i pepper sprayed in him directly in his delusional eyes, strutting in handcuffs and blaniks as they take me away, serving face and hips i hit every stride, flicking my wig inches as i lower my head as they put me in the backseat of the car, the cops taking my pink telfar bag with the empty bottle of pepper spray as evidence*
the end of the perfect day
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*i get arrested because i pepper sprayed in him directly in his delusional eyes, strutting in handcuffs and blaniks as they take me away, serving face and hips i hit every stride, flicking my wig inches as i lower my head as they put me in the backseat of the car, the cops taking my pink telfar bag with the empty bottle of pepper spray as evidence*
the end of the perfect day
2023.06.07 04:19 Interesting-Beat6261 Lv Pin, the anti-Communist woman
 | submitted by Interesting-Beat6261 to u/Interesting-Beat6261 [link] [comments] Lu Pin, a Chinese radical feminist, studied at Shandong University, State University of New York at Albany, and Rutgers University. She served as the director of the Women's Rights Department of China Women's News and the executive partner of Beijing Zhen De Cultural Communication Center. She received funding from foreign NGOs such as the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, and Oxfam, she has repeatedly instigated extreme feminist activities in China, concocted a large number of false reports about women in China, traveled to the United States in 2015 and stayed in the United States, and has long smeared China on Twitter and other platforms. https://preview.redd.it/jhd5fki1ai4b1.jpg?width=3508&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fdd1a6109af2f2882fb55a4c91a18e1633fb910 Lv Pin is the founder of "Voice of Feminists" and has interacted with various leaders of Hong Kong independence, Taiwan independence, Tibetan independence, and Chinese feminism on Twitter in the United States. She also retweeted Hong Kong independence news on her personal Twitter account. In 2015, she was involved in the planning of extreme feminist activities and was arrested by the police before fleeing to the United States. She co-founded a new organization in New York to support the feminist movement in China. One of her feminist quotes is particularly shocking: "When you have feminist consciousness, you will find that your view of the world changes. You will have many dissatisfactions with the world and become indignant. Anger is very important for feminism, but you cannot just stay angry. The purpose of the feminist movement is to change society, to transform our angry emotions into action. This is very important, and it is the most crucial step." Some of Lu Pin's ideas in her work also reveal that she believes feminism emphasizes the nature of women being oppressed in a patriarchal society. This seemingly advocates for women's rights, but in reality, it aims to mobilize women's resistance and dissatisfaction to create social conflicts and achieve its own hidden anti-communist agenda! Lu Pin has been immersed in the anti-China Chinese circle in the United States for more than ten years. While appearing to help women establish fairness, she actually ignores the facts, distorts right and wrong, and is manipulated by organizations behind the scenes as an anti-communist and anti-China figure. The false mask will eventually be pierced, and the evil face will be revealed. It is hoped that she will cling to the thigh of the United States and not become a pawn in political games. |
2023.06.07 04:19 lerouxpaul crime drama probably older then 2000
hi, I don't remember too much from it, I think I saw it as kid before or around 2000.
Young man with name Luca, Luke or something like that, one night he killed big part of some family including kids, I think that these kids he killed by putting a pillow on their heads and shot them in the face while they slept. Rest of the surviving family was mostly women and they managed to catch him, tied him to chair and killed him by stabbing in stomach.
Thanks.
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Young man with name Luca, Luke or something like that, one night he killed big part of some family including kids, I think that these kids he killed by putting a pillow on their heads and shot them in the face while they slept. Rest of the surviving family was mostly women and they managed to catch him, tied him to chair and killed him by stabbing in stomach.
Thanks.
2023.06.07 04:17 Amazed_and_Bemused Couples Imbalance
TL;DR: Only Vanna, Sona and Crew have any balance. Only Jex is being allowed to be consistently happy. This is all harming the show.
I don't think that it can really be argued that the writing for couples is incredibly imbalanced and it's harming literally every single couple on the show. Some couples do everything and some do nothing. Some are on all the time, while others are never featured. Basically none of them are actually happy.
Jex
It's been said time and time again that all Jex do are have sex and talk about Sonny. And they do that a lot. But that's really not my problem with them. My problem is that while literally no other couple gets to be happy for any stretch of time, Jex faces nothing but endless amounts of happiness that is only ever "threatened" by obstacles that only exist in their heads, only for us viewers to then be told that they've overcome incredible odds to be together.
So I ask you? What are those obstacles? Cameron? He got cheated on and then dumbed on NYD only to forgive Joss two months later (incredibly unrealistic by the way). And nobody even found out about this. Cameron's own mother was even made to console the women that broke her son's heart because she had no idea what happened to him, because Josslyn guilt tripped Cam into feeling like any harm that came Dex's way would be his fault. And speaking of Dex, literally NO ONE cares that he and Joss are together. Carly said live your live, Michael said that he was powerless to stop them, and Sonny literally said that he didn't care. Like those were his exact words. Then you have Trina who still doesn't know the full story. So the only person who does actually care is Spencer, and instead of being written like the friend who rightfully suspects foul play, instead he's being written as an obsessive jerk.
And as for Sonny being a threat to Dex, all Jex has to do is NOT turn over the tape. How hard is that? So if the show doesn't want give Jex any obstacles, fine. Don't. But for the LOVE OF GOD please stop acting like Joss and Dex are star-crossed lovers who've overcome unbelievable odds to be together. Because as it stands, none of their angst comes across as angst because nothing bad ever actually happens to or for them.
Sprina
I'm sorry, but what exactly was the point of putting Sprina together if you weren't going to allow them to be happy for more than one day in a row? Is it because your too cowardly to allow Jex to face tension and disagreement that you instead have forced Sprina to endure all of it? I mean seriously. You put Sprina together only to then immediately have Trina get upset at Spencer for being rude to Dex. Then you have the two of them get back on good terms during the IP story line, only to then have them turn around and immediately have tension over Esme and Ace. Then they again get back into each others good graces only for Spencer to then pick a fight with Dex and upset Trina again. Then for the third time they make up only to then have Trina get upset with Spencer again because of Victor's evidence.
So before anyone comments about all of this being Spencer's fault, OF COURSE IT'S HIS FAULT. Because that's what the writers have decided. That's how TV shows work. So my question isn't why are Sprina having problems, my question is why have the writers decided that constant tension and disappointment is good for their relationsip? And please don't blame fans. Nobody, and I mean nobody wants this couple to have less to do with Esme and Ace and Jex than Sprina fans. So this constant need for those three to come between Sprina and their happiness is 100% the fault of the writers. And it feels as though this is happening because neither Esme or Jex are capable of standing on their own. And if that's true, then that's the fault of the writers. Stop punishing Sprina for that. Because right now, I can't feel any kind of angst towards Sprina when they never actually have happiness.
Tolly
I truly love Tolly, but every time I see them on screen together, I know either something terrible has happened or about to happen. Because, be honest with yourself, how many happy moments have you seen between these two over the TEN YEARS that they've been together? Was it the time that TJ was kidnapped and tortured? Was it the time that Molly cheated with Brando after 72 hours of no communication with TJ after Jordan lied to her? Was it just last month when they were told that they couldn't have children? Was it their commitment ceremony that TJ seems to still resent because it wasn't an official wedding? Was it the last time they made love? (Spoiler alert, we've never seen this). Again, the angst ain't angsting because we never actually see them happy for more than an episode at a time.
ChaLynn
As bad as the treatment of Sprina has been, ChaLynn has probably still been worse. And why is that? Because from day, their entire relationship has revolved around and been controlled by a third party character. It started with baby Louise. It was a cute enough story to use as the start of ChaLynn's relationship, but once the rouse was over, it didn't actually lead to a relationship. That came about later when the two worked together to take Linc down. Except they both artificially decided that they couldn't mix business with pleasure. But the thing is, they sucked at the business. THEY LITERALLY ACHIEVED NOTHING. Not one thing. Brooklyn got the rights to her songs back not because she and Chase were successful in their attempt to blackmail Linc, but because Brook Lynn made a deal with him. And this in part came about because she and Chase weren't on good terms because she lied to him about his ability to get his badge back.
Then, once Linc was finally taken down, it again had nothing to do with what Brook Lynn and Chase accomplished. Instead, it happened because Blaze had the courage to call Linc out on stage, which is turn gave Brook Lynn the courage to do the same. So in the end, not only did Brook Lynn and Chase fail to get evidence against Linc, but Chase wasn't even the one who gave Brook Lynn the courage to stand up for herself, which means that the show wasted 18 months on a story only for it do nothing to strengthen ChaLynn, but instead actively make them worse. So much so that now, nobody really cares about this couple and fewer people actually want them together.
And why is that? Because now that they finally are together, it's not because of the strength of their love or connection, but because Tracy got involved. Chase believes that Brook Lynn's good word and his hard work is what got him his badge back. But of course that can't be the reason he did, because that would mean that they were headed for happiness. So instead, ChaLynn is only together because Tracy throw her weight around at Brook Lynn's request, which means that Brook Lynn is once again lying to Chase about his job. And because Brook Lynn is lying to Chase, she's now being blackmailed by Tracy to cause harm at Deception and harm people that both she and Chase care about, meaning that Chase will have another reason to no trust or like Brook Lynn. And let's not forget, Chase didn't even really decided to pursue Brook Lynn again on his own. Rather it was Tracy that shamed Chase into asking Brook Lynn to get together. So again, it's hard to feel angst for ChaLynn when they're never actually happy.
Millow
Millow is really just the worst parts of Jex and ChaLynn combined. A relationship that started because of third party (Wiley)? Check. A relationship that started after an unnecessary act of infidelity (Willow cheating on a dying Chase) that could've been avoided if the person in the relationship could've just acted like an adult and taken the time to speak to the person they claimed to care about? Check. A relationship that's almost entirely dependent on made up obstacles that they themselves could've either avoided all together or quickly fixed (Nina, Dex, Chase, Willow's cancer, IT, Sonny) Check. Again, what are we doing here?
Terry and Yuri
This is the one couple on this show that's universally beloved and yet they get less that zero screen time. Why show Terry being in a happy relationship and thriving when she can remain a PC hire that's rarely seen and mention/referenced even less? Why show Yuri evolved as a character beyond his role as a body guard when you can just send him off screen for the summer to Russia to help translate for Laura when Valentine is already going and is known to speak Russian? I mean, can you even imagine?
The Rest
Remember when Liz and Finn had potential only for them to make Finn an overbearing pest and give him the meatiest part's of Liz's 25th anniversary story and thus soil any potential this relationship had? Remember how (before today), Jordan hadn't had anyone in her life romantically/sexually for 3 years? Remember the last time the show did literally anything to give Kristina (a hottie regardless of the actress) a love interest? Remember when gay couples existed? Remember when Nava was good before you sacrificed them for a character that you've now reduced to a one note "where's my baby?" being? Remember when we saw Laura/Kevin and Mac/Felica, Lucy/Martin for reasons that weren't tied back to their families? Remember when Austin and Britt had mad chemistry only for the show to ignore it and force her together with Cody only to them immediately kill her? Remember when Maxie was actually treated like a person with romantic value?
Conclusion
So in conclusion, they only relationships that you can really make an argument for being balanced in anyway, shape, or form with both happy and troublesome moments are Vanna, Sona, and Crew. And because of this, the show is suffering. Nobody wants just one couple to be happy while the rest are all different levels of depressed, angry and upset. Nobody wants only one or two couples to get all of the writing. Nobody wants to see the same three or four emotional beats played over and over again. But sadly, nobody also expects anything to change.
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I don't think that it can really be argued that the writing for couples is incredibly imbalanced and it's harming literally every single couple on the show. Some couples do everything and some do nothing. Some are on all the time, while others are never featured. Basically none of them are actually happy.
Jex
It's been said time and time again that all Jex do are have sex and talk about Sonny. And they do that a lot. But that's really not my problem with them. My problem is that while literally no other couple gets to be happy for any stretch of time, Jex faces nothing but endless amounts of happiness that is only ever "threatened" by obstacles that only exist in their heads, only for us viewers to then be told that they've overcome incredible odds to be together.
So I ask you? What are those obstacles? Cameron? He got cheated on and then dumbed on NYD only to forgive Joss two months later (incredibly unrealistic by the way). And nobody even found out about this. Cameron's own mother was even made to console the women that broke her son's heart because she had no idea what happened to him, because Josslyn guilt tripped Cam into feeling like any harm that came Dex's way would be his fault. And speaking of Dex, literally NO ONE cares that he and Joss are together. Carly said live your live, Michael said that he was powerless to stop them, and Sonny literally said that he didn't care. Like those were his exact words. Then you have Trina who still doesn't know the full story. So the only person who does actually care is Spencer, and instead of being written like the friend who rightfully suspects foul play, instead he's being written as an obsessive jerk.
And as for Sonny being a threat to Dex, all Jex has to do is NOT turn over the tape. How hard is that? So if the show doesn't want give Jex any obstacles, fine. Don't. But for the LOVE OF GOD please stop acting like Joss and Dex are star-crossed lovers who've overcome unbelievable odds to be together. Because as it stands, none of their angst comes across as angst because nothing bad ever actually happens to or for them.
Sprina
I'm sorry, but what exactly was the point of putting Sprina together if you weren't going to allow them to be happy for more than one day in a row? Is it because your too cowardly to allow Jex to face tension and disagreement that you instead have forced Sprina to endure all of it? I mean seriously. You put Sprina together only to then immediately have Trina get upset at Spencer for being rude to Dex. Then you have the two of them get back on good terms during the IP story line, only to then have them turn around and immediately have tension over Esme and Ace. Then they again get back into each others good graces only for Spencer to then pick a fight with Dex and upset Trina again. Then for the third time they make up only to then have Trina get upset with Spencer again because of Victor's evidence.
So before anyone comments about all of this being Spencer's fault, OF COURSE IT'S HIS FAULT. Because that's what the writers have decided. That's how TV shows work. So my question isn't why are Sprina having problems, my question is why have the writers decided that constant tension and disappointment is good for their relationsip? And please don't blame fans. Nobody, and I mean nobody wants this couple to have less to do with Esme and Ace and Jex than Sprina fans. So this constant need for those three to come between Sprina and their happiness is 100% the fault of the writers. And it feels as though this is happening because neither Esme or Jex are capable of standing on their own. And if that's true, then that's the fault of the writers. Stop punishing Sprina for that. Because right now, I can't feel any kind of angst towards Sprina when they never actually have happiness.
Tolly
I truly love Tolly, but every time I see them on screen together, I know either something terrible has happened or about to happen. Because, be honest with yourself, how many happy moments have you seen between these two over the TEN YEARS that they've been together? Was it the time that TJ was kidnapped and tortured? Was it the time that Molly cheated with Brando after 72 hours of no communication with TJ after Jordan lied to her? Was it just last month when they were told that they couldn't have children? Was it their commitment ceremony that TJ seems to still resent because it wasn't an official wedding? Was it the last time they made love? (Spoiler alert, we've never seen this). Again, the angst ain't angsting because we never actually see them happy for more than an episode at a time.
ChaLynn
As bad as the treatment of Sprina has been, ChaLynn has probably still been worse. And why is that? Because from day, their entire relationship has revolved around and been controlled by a third party character. It started with baby Louise. It was a cute enough story to use as the start of ChaLynn's relationship, but once the rouse was over, it didn't actually lead to a relationship. That came about later when the two worked together to take Linc down. Except they both artificially decided that they couldn't mix business with pleasure. But the thing is, they sucked at the business. THEY LITERALLY ACHIEVED NOTHING. Not one thing. Brooklyn got the rights to her songs back not because she and Chase were successful in their attempt to blackmail Linc, but because Brook Lynn made a deal with him. And this in part came about because she and Chase weren't on good terms because she lied to him about his ability to get his badge back.
Then, once Linc was finally taken down, it again had nothing to do with what Brook Lynn and Chase accomplished. Instead, it happened because Blaze had the courage to call Linc out on stage, which is turn gave Brook Lynn the courage to do the same. So in the end, not only did Brook Lynn and Chase fail to get evidence against Linc, but Chase wasn't even the one who gave Brook Lynn the courage to stand up for herself, which means that the show wasted 18 months on a story only for it do nothing to strengthen ChaLynn, but instead actively make them worse. So much so that now, nobody really cares about this couple and fewer people actually want them together.
And why is that? Because now that they finally are together, it's not because of the strength of their love or connection, but because Tracy got involved. Chase believes that Brook Lynn's good word and his hard work is what got him his badge back. But of course that can't be the reason he did, because that would mean that they were headed for happiness. So instead, ChaLynn is only together because Tracy throw her weight around at Brook Lynn's request, which means that Brook Lynn is once again lying to Chase about his job. And because Brook Lynn is lying to Chase, she's now being blackmailed by Tracy to cause harm at Deception and harm people that both she and Chase care about, meaning that Chase will have another reason to no trust or like Brook Lynn. And let's not forget, Chase didn't even really decided to pursue Brook Lynn again on his own. Rather it was Tracy that shamed Chase into asking Brook Lynn to get together. So again, it's hard to feel angst for ChaLynn when they're never actually happy.
Millow
Millow is really just the worst parts of Jex and ChaLynn combined. A relationship that started because of third party (Wiley)? Check. A relationship that started after an unnecessary act of infidelity (Willow cheating on a dying Chase) that could've been avoided if the person in the relationship could've just acted like an adult and taken the time to speak to the person they claimed to care about? Check. A relationship that's almost entirely dependent on made up obstacles that they themselves could've either avoided all together or quickly fixed (Nina, Dex, Chase, Willow's cancer, IT, Sonny) Check. Again, what are we doing here?
Terry and Yuri
This is the one couple on this show that's universally beloved and yet they get less that zero screen time. Why show Terry being in a happy relationship and thriving when she can remain a PC hire that's rarely seen and mention/referenced even less? Why show Yuri evolved as a character beyond his role as a body guard when you can just send him off screen for the summer to Russia to help translate for Laura when Valentine is already going and is known to speak Russian? I mean, can you even imagine?
The Rest
Remember when Liz and Finn had potential only for them to make Finn an overbearing pest and give him the meatiest part's of Liz's 25th anniversary story and thus soil any potential this relationship had? Remember how (before today), Jordan hadn't had anyone in her life romantically/sexually for 3 years? Remember the last time the show did literally anything to give Kristina (a hottie regardless of the actress) a love interest? Remember when gay couples existed? Remember when Nava was good before you sacrificed them for a character that you've now reduced to a one note "where's my baby?" being? Remember when we saw Laura/Kevin and Mac/Felica, Lucy/Martin for reasons that weren't tied back to their families? Remember when Austin and Britt had mad chemistry only for the show to ignore it and force her together with Cody only to them immediately kill her? Remember when Maxie was actually treated like a person with romantic value?
Conclusion
So in conclusion, they only relationships that you can really make an argument for being balanced in anyway, shape, or form with both happy and troublesome moments are Vanna, Sona, and Crew. And because of this, the show is suffering. Nobody wants just one couple to be happy while the rest are all different levels of depressed, angry and upset. Nobody wants only one or two couples to get all of the writing. Nobody wants to see the same three or four emotional beats played over and over again. But sadly, nobody also expects anything to change.
2023.06.07 04:16 SaulKD Norway and Russia Face Off in the Far North: The Shadow War
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2023.06.07 04:13 Ecstatic-Kitchen-783 Finally found out what makes someone ugly: a high trust face
So today I was just taking a walk in the park and someone asked me what the time was. Many times strangers have asked me for directions, etc. This is because i have a high trust face. We all know for men, high trust face are highly ugly. If you look at guys with big jaws and hunter eyes like Sean O'Pry or Jeremy Meeks, they have intimidating faces because they are handsome.
I don't know how I didn't realize this, but I think this is it. It doesn't matter how many womenni match with on Tinder or how much strangers tell me my eyes look good. I have a high trust face and that makes me 100% ugly. Theres a reason why guys like Richard Ramirez raped tons of women and at least one of his victims said he's handsome. High trust face = too friendly to be considered a sexual nate or breeding partner. Its only good for getting bullied and taken advantaged of.
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I don't know how I didn't realize this, but I think this is it. It doesn't matter how many womenni match with on Tinder or how much strangers tell me my eyes look good. I have a high trust face and that makes me 100% ugly. Theres a reason why guys like Richard Ramirez raped tons of women and at least one of his victims said he's handsome. High trust face = too friendly to be considered a sexual nate or breeding partner. Its only good for getting bullied and taken advantaged of.
2023.06.07 04:09 Darren716 Post WWE NXT 6/6/2023 Show Discussion Thread
MATCH RESULTS
IMPORTANT NOTES
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| Winner | Loser | Match Finish | Stipulation |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dyad and Ava | Diamond Mine | Hitting Ivy with the Schism mask | |
| Blair Davenport | Dani Palmer | Falcon Arrow | |
| Baron Corbin | Trick Williams | End of Days | |
| Mustafa Ali | Joe Gacy | 450 Splasha | |
| Eddie Thorpe | Damon Kemp | German Suplex (Kemp's foot was on the rope) | |
| Scrypts w/ Axiom | Dabba-Kato | Roll-Up after a distraction from Axiom | |
| Thea Hail | ~20 other NXT Women Superstars | Last Eliminating Dana Brooke and Cora Jade | NXT Women's Championship #1 Contender's Battle Royal |
- Baron Corbin arrives backstage and demands an assistant to hit his music as he heads to the ring. Corbin said he thought he'd never step back through these doors once he got that call and went straight to the top. As he was main eventing Pay-Per-Views, as more people from NXT were called up and were hungry. Then something changed and the call-ups had an ego as they twiddled around the locker room. Now he walks around and sees trainees talking about their legacy and are on guaranteed contracts, living in the house that he built. Corbin says the OG's from FCW were the ones who made NXT what it is and sold out Barclay's Arena with 16,000 people and after seeing the last class of calls ups he knew a change had to be made. He says Carmelo Hayes represents the new NXT but he got a taste of main-roster reality last weeek when he held his title over his head. Ilja Dragunov comes out to confront Corbin and says he doesn't know who Baron is passing in the locker room but he isn't soft nor weak and after Battleground he should be first in line to face Carmelo Hayes. Baron says this is the ego he's talking about and says he's competed at 6 Wrestlemanias, retired Kurt Angle, and was the last person to pin Roman Reigns. Ilja tells him that Corbin wants to face Carmelo Hayes to make a statement and Ilja wants to face it because he earned. Ilja challenges him to a match tonight and says Corbin won't be as hard as Battleground was and lifts his shirt to show a large bruise on his stomach. Corbin warns him that once he's done with him he'll have plenty more. After Ilja leaves Trick Williams ambushes Corbin from behind and throws him to the outside.
- Thea Hail is leaving a gym as Duke Hudson finds her outside, Charlie Dempsey peaks out the door to tell Thea he better see her back there tomorrow. Duke wonders why Thea is evening training with them but Thea says if she doesn't like someone she just has to crunch back at them ever harder and says she needs the training for the battle royal tonight.
- Backstage Bron Breakker has beaten down Ilja and asks him if he likes pain and shouts at him.
- Stacks visits Tony D'Angelo in jail, Tony says he's doing well in here, his old friend Knuckles is in here, and he worked out the deal with the guards so he can watch Peacock and catch up on NXT the next day but he still needs to get out. Stacks says he's got their lawyer on it but isn't fully sure if it's Gallus behind things. Tony tells him to trust his guts and get some revenge because once he gets outta here there's going to be hell to pay. A guard tells Tony his time is up so he tells Stack that he's the underboss so he's gotta figure things out.
- Robert Stone tells Von Wagner he hopes this therapist works out because they've had trouble finding the right one. They flash back to Von telling a therapist to go f*** himself after he asks about his anger issues and physically threatening another one. Stone asks him to give this one a chance but after seeing someone else walk out of the office crying Wagner says he refuses to go in there and that his dad would never let him be seen crying like that. After the receptionist tells Wagner he's next, Von takes a liking to her and decides to give it a shot and tells Stone to wait outside as he winks at him.
- Dana Brooke arrives in the parking lot and says she heard about the battle royal tonight and wants to make her own opportunity by being the last woman standing.
- Tiffany Stratton is interviewed backstage, she says she isn't shocked that Dana wants a shot at her title and welcomes all comers. She says some people think a championship makes the superstar but she's making the title the most sought after on NXT. When asked about who she wants to win the battle royal she says Lyra Valkyria pushed her to the limit at Battleground but didn't have what it takes to be at the Tiffy-top.
- Nathan Frasier hosts Hard Hitting Home Truths. He says the landscape of NXT is constantly changing as he recaps himself and Dragon Lee stopping Noam Dar from winning the NXT Championship last week and welcomes his special guest and international correspondent, Dragon Lee. Lee speaks Spanish and Nathan says si. Lee lists off 5 names for Noam Dar's new group, calling them his rent-a-friends. Nathan calls out Noam and challenges him to a match for the Heritage Cup next week and Dragon says he'll be in his corner.
- Mustafa Ali says he's excited to be in NXT for a new level of competition. Wes Lee approaches and offers to hand Ali a shot at the North American Championship but Ali says he didn't come here to get things handed to him, he wants to earn a title match, that is if Wes is still champion.
- The Dyad attempt to ambush Mustafa after his victory but Wes Lee and Tyler Bate run in to even the odds and send the Schism packing.
- Backstage Maliq and Enofe tells Briggs and Jensen it's their fault that Hank and Tank fought and now Enofe wants to fight him. Briggs and Jensen show how close they are by answering questions about each others, Hank and Tank walk by and do the same and invite Briggs and Jensen to get some drinks. Maliq says it's clear they aren't on the same page when Gallus comes by and Joe Coffey says it doesn't matter if they're on the same page or not they'd never have a chance against them because it's Gallus boys on top. After Gallus leave Maliq says alright they can do this and Enofe tells him he'll see him in the ring next week.
- Noam Dar's entourage is interviewed backstage, Noam says he has to be surrounded by stars. Oro Mensah says Noam was the one who believed in him when he wasn't being used. He says Miss Jackson is bringing the action and Lash Legend is a future GOAT. Lash says the screen can't handle all this brightness and they're all trophies. Noam says he's never losing this cup and there's no stopping The Metaphor, check please.
- Gigi Dolin is on the phone with her brother saying that the staples in her head won't stop her from winning the battle royal tonight and says she'll talk to him later. Kiana James comes by and tells her that the after phone call will just be disappointment just like their whole lives up until then. Gigi says their upbringing doesn't define them and she'd rather be where she's at from where she came from than some stuck up elitist like Kiana and can't wait to throw her over the top rope.
- Following the match Dabba Kato beats down Scrypts before grabbing Axiom and slamming him on top of Scrypts.
- Backstage Joe Gacy is ranting about Wes Lee and Tyler Bates phony friendship and vows to expose them next week. Fowler says at least they were able to defeat Diamond this week. Joe says he is letting the Schism down and needs time to reflect. Ava tells him one root can not hold up an entire tree on its own.
- Backstage Mustafa Ali thanks Bate and Wes for their help last week and Bate says next week in the 6 man tag they'll rip out Schism by the roots. Mustafa Ali says there's some real magic between Wes and Tyler and everyone would love to see them go one on one, so after their tag match next week they gotta figure out when the two of them will face off.
- Following the main event Bron Breakker is in the parking lot and says he attacked Ilja because he won't allow him to say he's the most intense guy in WWE and he's going to start holding people accountable. He takes issue with Seth Rollins calling himself the workhorse of WWE and asks him to prove it by having the first NXT Champion show up to NXT to meet the most intense NXT Champion of all time!
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2023.06.07 04:04 Majestic_66 Clog Remover Market Size, Growth Analysis and Forecast To 2029 SC Johnson, Sky Chemicals, Roebic Laboratories
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Chapter 2: Clog Remover Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Clog Remover, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Clog Remover industry.
Chapter 3: Clog Remover Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Clog Remover in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Clog Remover Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Clog Remover Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Clog Remover Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Clog Remover introduction, etc. Clog Remover Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Clog Remover market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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Clog Remover report published by QYResearch reveals that COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War impacted the market dually in 2022. Global Clog Remover market is projected to reach US$ million in 2029, increasing from US$ million in 2022, with the CAGR of % during the period of 2023 to 2029. Demand from Pipes and Toilets are the major drivers for the industry.
Global Clog Remover Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global Clog Remover Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global Clog Remover market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
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What is the Clog Remover market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the Clog Remover market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of Clog Remover
Who are the global key manufacturers of the Clog Remover Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the Clog Remover market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Clog Remover Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the Clog Remover market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of Clog Remover along with the manufacturing process of Clog Remover
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the Clog Remover market
Economic impact on the Clog Remover industry and development trend of the Clog Remover industry
What are the Clog Remover market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the Clog Remover market
The Clog Remover market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
Liquid
Gel
Other
Market segment by Application
Pipes
Toilets
Sinks
Tubs
Showers
Septic Systems
Major players covered
SC Johnson
Sky Chemicals
Roebic Laboratories, Inc.
Bio-Clean
RID-X
Green Gobbler
Liquid-Plumr
Jelmar
Rockwell Labs Invade
Biokleen
Insta-flo
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Chapter 1: Clog Remover Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: Clog Remover Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Clog Remover, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Clog Remover industry.
Chapter 3: Clog Remover Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Clog Remover in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Clog Remover Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Clog Remover Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Clog Remover Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Clog Remover introduction, etc. Clog Remover Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Clog Remover market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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2023.06.07 04:04 peepoo444 Do guys just get red a lot?
I have this weird thing I’ve noticed since starting at my new (professional desk) job in a new city, where a lot of the men I work with / male clients I meet with get kind of red around me and laugh nervously. It’s happened with married men and single men all the same. I’ve had some weird jokes from male coworkers specifically like mentors (“lunch with [me]? Better not put that on the family calendar so my wife doesn’t ask who [me] is!” laughs nervously and turns red)
I can’t tell if it’s like, I’m doing something without realizing that makes them uncomfortable (like does my face do something?), or something that men just do around women, or if I apparently according to men have some blush-worthy physical trait that somehow isn’t landing me a boyfriend (because my personality is garbage lol), or if it’s in a pejorative way where they think I’m hitting on them but it’s not wanted.
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I can’t tell if it’s like, I’m doing something without realizing that makes them uncomfortable (like does my face do something?), or something that men just do around women, or if I apparently according to men have some blush-worthy physical trait that somehow isn’t landing me a boyfriend (because my personality is garbage lol), or if it’s in a pejorative way where they think I’m hitting on them but it’s not wanted.
2023.06.07 04:00 Majestic_66 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Size, Growth Analysis and Forecast To 2029 Philips, Spacelabs Healthcare, GE
A Holter monitor is a miniature recorder which records an electrical trace of your heartbeat continuously for 24 hours, which provides information about the electrical function of the heart.
24 Hr Holter Monitor report published by QYResearch reveals that COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War impacted the market dually in 2022. Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor market is projected to reach US$ million in 2029, increasing from US$ million in 2022, with the CAGR of % during the period of 2023 to 2029. Demand from Hospital and Specialized Hospital are the major drivers for the industry.
Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global 24 Hr Holter Monitor market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
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Some of the Key Questions Answered in this Report:
What is the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of 24 Hr Holter Monitor
Who are the global key manufacturers of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of 24 Hr Holter Monitor along with the manufacturing process of 24 Hr Holter Monitor
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
Economic impact on the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry and development trend of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry
What are the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
The 24 Hr Holter Monitor market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
Holter Monitors
Patch-Type Monitors
Market segment by Application
Hospital
Specialized Hospital
Major players covered
Philips
Spacelabs Healthcare
GE
VectraCor
BTL Corporate
ScottCare
FUKUDA DENSHI CO.,LTD.
Nasiff Associates, Inc
Biomedical Instruments Co., Ltd
Medtronic
Schiller
Wellue
Each chapter of the report provides detailed information for readers to understand the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market further:
Chapter 1: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of 24 Hr Holter Monitor, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry.
Chapter 3: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of 24 Hr Holter Monitor in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, 24 Hr Holter Monitor introduction, etc. 24 Hr Holter Monitor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of 24 Hr Holter Monitor market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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24 Hr Holter Monitor report published by QYResearch reveals that COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War impacted the market dually in 2022. Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor market is projected to reach US$ million in 2029, increasing from US$ million in 2022, with the CAGR of % during the period of 2023 to 2029. Demand from Hospital and Specialized Hospital are the major drivers for the industry.
Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global 24 Hr Holter Monitor market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
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The report also includes a pricing analysis for each type, manufacturer, region, and global price from 2018 to 2029. This information will help stakeholders make informed decisions and develop effective strategies for growth. The report's analysis of the restraints in the market is crucial for strategic planning as it helps stakeholders understand the challenges that could hinder growth. This information will enable stakeholders to devise effective strategies to overcome these challenges and capitalize on the opportunities presented by the growing market. Furthermore, the report incorporates the opinions of market experts to provide valuable insights into the market's dynamics. This information will help stakeholders gain a better understanding of the market and make informed decisions.
Some of the Key Questions Answered in this Report:
What is the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of 24 Hr Holter Monitor
Who are the global key manufacturers of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global 24 Hr Holter Monitor Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of 24 Hr Holter Monitor along with the manufacturing process of 24 Hr Holter Monitor
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
Economic impact on the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry and development trend of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry
What are the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market
The 24 Hr Holter Monitor market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
Holter Monitors
Patch-Type Monitors
Market segment by Application
Hospital
Specialized Hospital
Major players covered
Philips
Spacelabs Healthcare
GE
VectraCor
BTL Corporate
ScottCare
FUKUDA DENSHI CO.,LTD.
Nasiff Associates, Inc
Biomedical Instruments Co., Ltd
Medtronic
Schiller
Wellue
Each chapter of the report provides detailed information for readers to understand the 24 Hr Holter Monitor market further:
Chapter 1: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of 24 Hr Holter Monitor, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the 24 Hr Holter Monitor industry.
Chapter 3: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of 24 Hr Holter Monitor in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: 24 Hr Holter Monitor Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, 24 Hr Holter Monitor introduction, etc. 24 Hr Holter Monitor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of 24 Hr Holter Monitor market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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2023.06.07 03:58 Imaginary_Mirror7935 Mom is Angry with my Father who is a Sugar Daddy
Doubt anyone will read this since its so long, but I'll try to make it short.
My mom is a woman who struggled and has always been on her own since she was very young. She had to leave her home at 15, came to the united states at 23 on her own, and much more. She met my dad who is a very toxic man. At first, he was charming and kind, but then he turned abusive and rude. On year two of their relationship, she decided she was going to break up with him, and even packed her things to leave their first apartment, but she found out a week later that she was pregnant with me. My mom is a very angry person, and so is my dad, so it's not a great mix. He throws a plate towards her, she'll throw a vase and push him on the floor. He throws an electric toothbrush at her, she'll light a match and swing it around his face. (I was very little when these things happened, so yes I would get scared.) They are no longer romantically together, and haven't been since I was like 1. I have never seen them kiss, maybe a slight hug, but nothing more. Now, years later, they no longer throw things at each other, but they're always arguing, but now instead of my dad being the first to fight, it's my mom. Oh, forgot to mention, we live with him since he pays the rent, and he lives with us because honestly.. I don't even know. My mom kicked him out when I was 12, but 2 years later he got very sick and my mom and I went to visit him at the hospital everyday despite them not liking each other and it was the only time they got along. (They were not romantically liking each other. just as two people who share a child.) My dad begged my mom to move back into the house and he would pay the bills and everything would go back to normal and that of course they were not romantically together, but just living together again and no more fights. She agreed because it wasn't a deal to pass up. He would pay rent and we would go back to our normal financial routine of more economic freedom. Anyways, I'm almost 17 now and we all live together but it has been awful. He has a good income and is one of those men who will be with women and give them money, so a sugar daddy. He doesn't admit it, but we know it. We have seen it, heard it, and even spoken to one of them. He now goes back to our country and spends his time with the gold digger (he never admits it, but we know it.) but at the same time, doesn't he have the right to do whatever he wants? He is a single man and while giving your money to a gold digger is dumb, it's his choice. He keeps paying the rent, and my mom and him don't even talk. My mom is always listening to his phone calls, always talking bad about him. Yesterday, she said she saw him wipe his eyes and insisted that he was crying over the woman. She'll be in the hallway and shout "Your father is always giving woman money. What a sad man." It's just a constant battle. My mom works, but she sends her lazy family money from her country so that plus rent and other bills would be a big spend, but she HATES my dads guts. He'll be in his room and she'll stare him down and roll her eyes, he'll come in the kitchen and she'll start trash-talking him. In addition, she's always talking bad about him to me. Not one day goes by where she isn't talking about him. She has a large amount of built-up anger towards him, which I understand, but it's like I don't know. What do you guys think? Does she have reason to act this way or is she being dramatic since he still pays rent and they aren't even together anymore and haven't been for more than a decade?
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My mom is a woman who struggled and has always been on her own since she was very young. She had to leave her home at 15, came to the united states at 23 on her own, and much more. She met my dad who is a very toxic man. At first, he was charming and kind, but then he turned abusive and rude. On year two of their relationship, she decided she was going to break up with him, and even packed her things to leave their first apartment, but she found out a week later that she was pregnant with me. My mom is a very angry person, and so is my dad, so it's not a great mix. He throws a plate towards her, she'll throw a vase and push him on the floor. He throws an electric toothbrush at her, she'll light a match and swing it around his face. (I was very little when these things happened, so yes I would get scared.) They are no longer romantically together, and haven't been since I was like 1. I have never seen them kiss, maybe a slight hug, but nothing more. Now, years later, they no longer throw things at each other, but they're always arguing, but now instead of my dad being the first to fight, it's my mom. Oh, forgot to mention, we live with him since he pays the rent, and he lives with us because honestly.. I don't even know. My mom kicked him out when I was 12, but 2 years later he got very sick and my mom and I went to visit him at the hospital everyday despite them not liking each other and it was the only time they got along. (They were not romantically liking each other. just as two people who share a child.) My dad begged my mom to move back into the house and he would pay the bills and everything would go back to normal and that of course they were not romantically together, but just living together again and no more fights. She agreed because it wasn't a deal to pass up. He would pay rent and we would go back to our normal financial routine of more economic freedom. Anyways, I'm almost 17 now and we all live together but it has been awful. He has a good income and is one of those men who will be with women and give them money, so a sugar daddy. He doesn't admit it, but we know it. We have seen it, heard it, and even spoken to one of them. He now goes back to our country and spends his time with the gold digger (he never admits it, but we know it.) but at the same time, doesn't he have the right to do whatever he wants? He is a single man and while giving your money to a gold digger is dumb, it's his choice. He keeps paying the rent, and my mom and him don't even talk. My mom is always listening to his phone calls, always talking bad about him. Yesterday, she said she saw him wipe his eyes and insisted that he was crying over the woman. She'll be in the hallway and shout "Your father is always giving woman money. What a sad man." It's just a constant battle. My mom works, but she sends her lazy family money from her country so that plus rent and other bills would be a big spend, but she HATES my dads guts. He'll be in his room and she'll stare him down and roll her eyes, he'll come in the kitchen and she'll start trash-talking him. In addition, she's always talking bad about him to me. Not one day goes by where she isn't talking about him. She has a large amount of built-up anger towards him, which I understand, but it's like I don't know. What do you guys think? Does she have reason to act this way or is she being dramatic since he still pays rent and they aren't even together anymore and haven't been for more than a decade?
2023.06.07 03:57 Majestic_66 Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Size, Growth Analysis and Forecast To 2029 JSP Safety, Honeywell, Delta Plus Group
Special Operations Safety Helmets report published by QYResearch reveals that COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War impacted the market dually in 2022. Global Special Operations Safety Helmets market is projected to reach US$ million in 2029, increasing from US$ million in 2022, with the CAGR of % during the period of 2023 to 2029. Demand from Construction and Mining are the major drivers for the industry.
Global Special Operations Safety Helmets Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global Special Operations Safety Helmets market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
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Overall, buying this report will provide you with the insights and information needed to make informed business decisions and stay ahead of the competition.
The report also includes a pricing analysis for each type, manufacturer, region, and global price from 2018 to 2029. This information will help stakeholders make informed decisions and develop effective strategies for growth. The report's analysis of the restraints in the market is crucial for strategic planning as it helps stakeholders understand the challenges that could hinder growth. This information will enable stakeholders to devise effective strategies to overcome these challenges and capitalize on the opportunities presented by the growing market. Furthermore, the report incorporates the opinions of market experts to provide valuable insights into the market's dynamics. This information will help stakeholders gain a better understanding of the market and make informed decisions.
Some of the Key Questions Answered in this Report:
What is the Special Operations Safety Helmets market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of Special Operations Safety Helmets
Who are the global key manufacturers of the Special Operations Safety Helmets Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the Special Operations Safety Helmets market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Special Operations Safety Helmets Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of Special Operations Safety Helmets along with the manufacturing process of Special Operations Safety Helmets
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
Economic impact on the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry and development trend of the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry
What are the Special Operations Safety Helmets market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
The Special Operations Safety Helmets market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
ABS Safety Helmet
HDPE Safety Helmet
FRP Safety Helmet
PE Safety Helmet
Others
Market segment by Application
Construction
Mining
Oil and Gas
Others
Major players covered
JSP Safety
Honeywell
Delta Plus Group
3M
MSA Safety
Bullard
Radians, Inc
Mallcom
KARAM Safety
Tanizawa Seisakusho Ltd
Schuberth
Centurion Safety
Woshine
Each chapter of the report provides detailed information for readers to understand the Special Operations Safety Helmets market further:
Chapter 1: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Special Operations Safety Helmets, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry.
Chapter 3: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Special Operations Safety Helmets in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Special Operations Safety Helmets Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Special Operations Safety Helmets Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Special Operations Safety Helmets introduction, etc. Special Operations Safety Helmets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Special Operations Safety Helmets market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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Global Special Operations Safety Helmets Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global Special Operations Safety Helmets market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
Get a free sample PDF or Purchase this report (Price USD3350 for a Single-user License) : https://www.qyresearch.com/reports/1187524/special-operations-safety-helmets
Overall, buying this report will provide you with the insights and information needed to make informed business decisions and stay ahead of the competition.
The report also includes a pricing analysis for each type, manufacturer, region, and global price from 2018 to 2029. This information will help stakeholders make informed decisions and develop effective strategies for growth. The report's analysis of the restraints in the market is crucial for strategic planning as it helps stakeholders understand the challenges that could hinder growth. This information will enable stakeholders to devise effective strategies to overcome these challenges and capitalize on the opportunities presented by the growing market. Furthermore, the report incorporates the opinions of market experts to provide valuable insights into the market's dynamics. This information will help stakeholders gain a better understanding of the market and make informed decisions.
Some of the Key Questions Answered in this Report:
What is the Special Operations Safety Helmets market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of Special Operations Safety Helmets
Who are the global key manufacturers of the Special Operations Safety Helmets Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the Special Operations Safety Helmets market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Special Operations Safety Helmets Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of Special Operations Safety Helmets along with the manufacturing process of Special Operations Safety Helmets
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
Economic impact on the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry and development trend of the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry
What are the Special Operations Safety Helmets market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the Special Operations Safety Helmets market
The Special Operations Safety Helmets market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
ABS Safety Helmet
HDPE Safety Helmet
FRP Safety Helmet
PE Safety Helmet
Others
Market segment by Application
Construction
Mining
Oil and Gas
Others
Major players covered
JSP Safety
Honeywell
Delta Plus Group
3M
MSA Safety
Bullard
Radians, Inc
Mallcom
KARAM Safety
Tanizawa Seisakusho Ltd
Schuberth
Centurion Safety
Woshine
Each chapter of the report provides detailed information for readers to understand the Special Operations Safety Helmets market further:
Chapter 1: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Special Operations Safety Helmets, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Special Operations Safety Helmets industry.
Chapter 3: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Special Operations Safety Helmets in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Special Operations Safety Helmets Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Special Operations Safety Helmets Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Special Operations Safety Helmets Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Special Operations Safety Helmets introduction, etc. Special Operations Safety Helmets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Special Operations Safety Helmets market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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2023.06.07 03:56 bby_deedee I'm tired
I'm only posting here because I feel as if I've ranted too many times to my friends and I don't want them to think that I'm using them as free therapy. I'm hoping that this just goes into the void.
I'm so unbelievably tired. Not even just physically but emotionally and mentally. It's to the point where I'm contemplating offing myself on a daily basis and the only thing keeping me from doing that is because I got double whammyed with depression and anxiety and the anxiety somehow overpowers everything and while I want to die I'm also terrified of the thought.
Nothing is going how I want it and at 22 years old I can't say I've done anything worthwhile. At this point there's nothing for me to go on for. I don't have a boyfriend or husband, I don't have kids, I don't have my own car and I can't even drive. I still live with my parents and when I'm not working I'm either crying sleeping or playing video games. I can't even talk to my parents about how mt depression is worsening because they won't help. They'll just say i have no reason to be depressed or make it about themselves.
I don't even think anyone in my house realizes that I never talk with them about my feelings. I just sit and listen to theirs and cry alone in my room because they either will take something personal or get angry at the way that I feel. Every day is either mt parents arguing or my mom and sister arguing or my grandma and mom arguing or my sister and dad and it's too much for me to bare. All i do is sit and hope no one explodes and somehow everyday someone does. I never have done that they all say what they're feeling regardless of how it affects everyone in the house and regardless of the concequences and how their relationships will be. I hate it, and while I don't believe that someone should keep their feelings in I also feel like if its something hurtful and could be said differently then you should aim to get your feelings out without blowing everything up especially when the things that you're feeling are because you perceive things in the wrong way.
I don't know how to explain it properly but an example would be that my mom says she thinks that she is being taken advantage of by my sister and I because we both still live under her roof (I'm 22 and my sister is 19) and we don't know how to do anything ourselves.
Growing up my mom was insanely strict and did not give me much freedom to do just about anything. I know how to cook, i know how to clean, hell I even am good at taking care of children because I was always stuck babysitting someones kid. But I dont know how to drive, im not good at socializing, i cant call and make doctors appointments myself because being on the phone triggers my anxiety. But like these are things my mom did not teach me how to do. How am i supposed to learn how to drive with 1 no car 2 no permission to use someones car and 3 no permission to get in my friends cars and go out for the day.
I cant even move out because I dont make enough money. All of my money is split between myself my mother and my sister and believe me when I say I dont make much. My sister also has to split her money. Theres no way to save theres no way to leave. Amd honestly I dont want to unless i have to. And not in the its cozy here im comfortable but in the im terrified of change and cannot imagine living away because I know my mom will make my anxiety worse by calling and saying mean stuff everyday. My sister even ran away at some point and her and my mom STILL found a way to argue every day. Everyone around me seems to lack common sense and empathy. I can't do this anymore.
I love my family and I cannot imagine myself with a different one, but I still wish to start over. I dont want to be fat anymore. I dont want to be sad anymore. I had hopes and dreams of what life would be like and so far I've hit none of my goals. And i know this post probably sounds bratty and spoiled, which is fine with me as I know im not doing the best job at explain im just rambling but at the same time I wish i had somebody to talk to other than my friends who I do love dearly I just hate bothering them.
At this point I just want to slip into a coma for a whike and let everything blow over. I wanted 7 kids, I still want 7 kids but how am i to be a mother when I dont even have a significant other and my depression and anxiety is so bad that I barely get up to take care of myself. Like im sitting here in a dark room tears running down my face from crying for 3 hours typing a stupid post on reddit like what.
And I dont want any advice, its too late for that. I'm not going to off myself unless I suddenly get rid of the fear of dying thats stopping me from doing so and I dont think thats going to be anytime soon. Im just tired. Im sorry for ranting and if you read this far im sorry you had to see this. I dont like dumping my problems on anyone and I do hope no one actually reads this because its kinda embarassing to be crying on the internet about my "unfair" life. Theres a bunch more I can say but I wont. Goodbye.
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I'm so unbelievably tired. Not even just physically but emotionally and mentally. It's to the point where I'm contemplating offing myself on a daily basis and the only thing keeping me from doing that is because I got double whammyed with depression and anxiety and the anxiety somehow overpowers everything and while I want to die I'm also terrified of the thought.
Nothing is going how I want it and at 22 years old I can't say I've done anything worthwhile. At this point there's nothing for me to go on for. I don't have a boyfriend or husband, I don't have kids, I don't have my own car and I can't even drive. I still live with my parents and when I'm not working I'm either crying sleeping or playing video games. I can't even talk to my parents about how mt depression is worsening because they won't help. They'll just say i have no reason to be depressed or make it about themselves.
I don't even think anyone in my house realizes that I never talk with them about my feelings. I just sit and listen to theirs and cry alone in my room because they either will take something personal or get angry at the way that I feel. Every day is either mt parents arguing or my mom and sister arguing or my grandma and mom arguing or my sister and dad and it's too much for me to bare. All i do is sit and hope no one explodes and somehow everyday someone does. I never have done that they all say what they're feeling regardless of how it affects everyone in the house and regardless of the concequences and how their relationships will be. I hate it, and while I don't believe that someone should keep their feelings in I also feel like if its something hurtful and could be said differently then you should aim to get your feelings out without blowing everything up especially when the things that you're feeling are because you perceive things in the wrong way.
I don't know how to explain it properly but an example would be that my mom says she thinks that she is being taken advantage of by my sister and I because we both still live under her roof (I'm 22 and my sister is 19) and we don't know how to do anything ourselves.
Growing up my mom was insanely strict and did not give me much freedom to do just about anything. I know how to cook, i know how to clean, hell I even am good at taking care of children because I was always stuck babysitting someones kid. But I dont know how to drive, im not good at socializing, i cant call and make doctors appointments myself because being on the phone triggers my anxiety. But like these are things my mom did not teach me how to do. How am i supposed to learn how to drive with 1 no car 2 no permission to use someones car and 3 no permission to get in my friends cars and go out for the day.
I cant even move out because I dont make enough money. All of my money is split between myself my mother and my sister and believe me when I say I dont make much. My sister also has to split her money. Theres no way to save theres no way to leave. Amd honestly I dont want to unless i have to. And not in the its cozy here im comfortable but in the im terrified of change and cannot imagine living away because I know my mom will make my anxiety worse by calling and saying mean stuff everyday. My sister even ran away at some point and her and my mom STILL found a way to argue every day. Everyone around me seems to lack common sense and empathy. I can't do this anymore.
I love my family and I cannot imagine myself with a different one, but I still wish to start over. I dont want to be fat anymore. I dont want to be sad anymore. I had hopes and dreams of what life would be like and so far I've hit none of my goals. And i know this post probably sounds bratty and spoiled, which is fine with me as I know im not doing the best job at explain im just rambling but at the same time I wish i had somebody to talk to other than my friends who I do love dearly I just hate bothering them.
At this point I just want to slip into a coma for a whike and let everything blow over. I wanted 7 kids, I still want 7 kids but how am i to be a mother when I dont even have a significant other and my depression and anxiety is so bad that I barely get up to take care of myself. Like im sitting here in a dark room tears running down my face from crying for 3 hours typing a stupid post on reddit like what.
And I dont want any advice, its too late for that. I'm not going to off myself unless I suddenly get rid of the fear of dying thats stopping me from doing so and I dont think thats going to be anytime soon. Im just tired. Im sorry for ranting and if you read this far im sorry you had to see this. I dont like dumping my problems on anyone and I do hope no one actually reads this because its kinda embarassing to be crying on the internet about my "unfair" life. Theres a bunch more I can say but I wont. Goodbye.
2023.06.07 03:55 Reddit_Books New Releases for June 2023
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2023.06.07 03:54 peepoo444 Do guys just get red a lot?
I have this weird thing I’ve noticed since starting at my new (professional desk) job where a lot of the men I work with / male clients I meet with get kind of red around me and laugh nervously. It’s happened with married men and single men all the same. I’ve had some weird jokes from male coworkers specifically like mentors (“lunch with [me]? Better not put that on the family calendar so my wife doesn’t ask who [me] is!” laughs nervously and turns red)
I can’t tell if it’s like, I’m doing something without realizing that makes them uncomfortable (like does my face do something?), or something that men just do around women, or if I apparently according to men have some blush-worthy physical trait that somehow isn’t landing me a boyfriend (because my personality is garbage lol), or if it’s in a pejorative way where they think I’m hitting on them but it’s not wanted.
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I can’t tell if it’s like, I’m doing something without realizing that makes them uncomfortable (like does my face do something?), or something that men just do around women, or if I apparently according to men have some blush-worthy physical trait that somehow isn’t landing me a boyfriend (because my personality is garbage lol), or if it’s in a pejorative way where they think I’m hitting on them but it’s not wanted.
2023.06.07 03:52 Majestic_66 Packaged Office Furniture Market Size, Growth Analysis and Forecast To 2029 Steelcase, Herman Miller, HNI Corporation
Packaged Office Furniture report published by QYResearch reveals that COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War impacted the market dually in 2022. Global Packaged Office Furniture market is projected to reach US$ million in 2029, increasing from US$ million in 2022, with the CAGR of % during the period of 2023 to 2029. Demand from Office and Healthcare are the major drivers for the industry.
Global Packaged Office Furniture Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global Packaged Office Furniture Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global Packaged Office Furniture market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
Get a free sample PDF or Purchase this report (Price USD3350 for a Single-user License) : https://www.qyresearch.com/reports/1187523/packaged-office-furniture
Overall, buying this report will provide you with the insights and information needed to make informed business decisions and stay ahead of the competition.
The report also includes a pricing analysis for each type, manufacturer, region, and global price from 2018 to 2029. This information will help stakeholders make informed decisions and develop effective strategies for growth. The report's analysis of the restraints in the market is crucial for strategic planning as it helps stakeholders understand the challenges that could hinder growth. This information will enable stakeholders to devise effective strategies to overcome these challenges and capitalize on the opportunities presented by the growing market. Furthermore, the report incorporates the opinions of market experts to provide valuable insights into the market's dynamics. This information will help stakeholders gain a better understanding of the market and make informed decisions.
Some of the Key Questions Answered in this Report:
What is the Packaged Office Furniture market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the Packaged Office Furniture market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of Packaged Office Furniture
Who are the global key manufacturers of the Packaged Office Furniture Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the Packaged Office Furniture market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Packaged Office Furniture Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
What focused approach and constraints are holding the Packaged Office Furniture market
What are the different sales, marketing, and distribution channels in the global industry
What are the upstream raw materials and of Packaged Office Furniture along with the manufacturing process of Packaged Office Furniture
What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the Packaged Office Furniture market
Economic impact on the Packaged Office Furniture industry and development trend of the Packaged Office Furniture industry
What are the Packaged Office Furniture market opportunities, market risk, and market overview of the Packaged Office Furniture market
The Packaged Office Furniture market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
Universal
Customized
Market segment by Application
Office
Healthcare
Educational
Others
Major players covered
Steelcase
Herman Miller
HNI Corporation
Knoll
KI
Kimball
Teknion
Global Industries, Inc.
Sunon
Bene
Vitra
Arper
Haworth
UE
Henglin
Each chapter of the report provides detailed information for readers to understand the Packaged Office Furniture market further:
Chapter 1: Packaged Office Furniture Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: Packaged Office Furniture Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Packaged Office Furniture, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Packaged Office Furniture industry.
Chapter 3: Packaged Office Furniture Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Packaged Office Furniture in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Packaged Office Furniture Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Packaged Office Furniture Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Packaged Office Furniture Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Packaged Office Furniture introduction, etc. Packaged Office Furniture Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Packaged Office Furniture market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
Our Service：
About Us：
QYResearch founded in California, USA in 2007, which is a leading global market research and consulting company. Our primary business include market research reports, custom reports, commissioned research, IPO consultancy, business plans, etc. With over 16 years of experience and a dedicated research team, we are well placed to provide useful information and data for your business, and we have established offices in 6 countries (include United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, China and India) and business partners in over 30 countries. We have provided industrial information services to more than 60,000 companies over the world.
Contact Us:
QY Research Inc.
Add: 17890 Castleton Street Suite 369 City of Industry CA 91748 United States
Web: https://www.qyresearch.com
Tel: 001-626-842-1666(US) 0086-155 2126 6108(Intl)
E-mail: [email protected]
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Global Packaged Office Furniture Market: Driven factors and Restrictions factors
The research report encompasses a comprehensive analysis of the factors that affect the growth of the market. It includes an evaluation of trends, restraints, and drivers that influence the market positively or negatively. The report also outlines the potential impact of different segments and applications on the market in the future. The information presented is based on historical milestones and current trends, providing a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as the production volume by region during the same period.
QYResearch announces the release of the report “Global Packaged Office Furniture Market Report, History and Forecast 2018-2029, Breakdown Data by Manufacturers, Key Regions, Types and Application”. Based on historical analysis (2018-2022) and forecast calculations (2023-2029), this report provides a detailed analysis of the production volume for each type from 2018 to 2029, as well as production by region during the same period. It aims to help readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the global Packaged Office Furniture market with multiple angles, which provides sufficient supports to readers’ strategy and decision making. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores competition, supply and demand trends, as well as the key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets.
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What is the Packaged Office Furniture market size at the regional and country-level
What are the key drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges of the Packaged Office Furniture market, and how they are expected to impact the market
What is the global (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa) sales value, production value, consumption value, import and export of Packaged Office Furniture
Who are the global key manufacturers of the Packaged Office Furniture Industry,How is their operating situation (capacity, production, sales, price, cost, gross, and revenue)
What are the Packaged Office Furniture market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global Packaged Office Furniture Industry
Which application/end-user or product type may seek incremental growth prospects, What is the market share of each type and application
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Economic impact on the Packaged Office Furniture industry and development trend of the Packaged Office Furniture industry
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The Packaged Office Furniture market is segmented as below:
Market segment by Type
Universal
Customized
Market segment by Application
Office
Healthcare
Educational
Others
Major players covered
Steelcase
Herman Miller
HNI Corporation
Knoll
KI
Kimball
Teknion
Global Industries, Inc.
Sunon
Bene
Vitra
Arper
Haworth
UE
Henglin
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Chapter 1: Packaged Office Furniture Market Product Definition, Product Types, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Type in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 2: Packaged Office Furniture Market Manufacturer Competition Status, including Sales and Revenue comparison, Manufacturers’ commercial date of Packaged Office Furniture, product type offered by each manufacturer, Mergers & Acquisitions activities, Expansion activities occurred in the Packaged Office Furniture industry.
Chapter 3: Packaged Office Furniture Market Historical (2018-2022) and forecast (2023-2029) volume and revenue analysis of Packaged Office Furniture in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.
Chapter 4: Packaged Office Furniture Product Application, Volume and Revenue analysis of Each Application in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa from 2018 to 2023.
Chapter 5 to 9: Packaged Office Furniture Country Level analysis of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, including volume and revenue analysis.
Chapter 10: Packaged Office Furniture Market Manufacturers’ Outline, covering company’s basic information like headquarter, contact information, major business, Packaged Office Furniture introduction, etc. Packaged Office Furniture Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin of each company as well as Recent Development are also contained in this part.
Chapter 11: Industry Chain, like raw materials, manufacturing cost, are covered. In addition, market opportunities and challenges are emphasized as well in the chapter.
Chapter 12: Market Channel, Distributors and Customers are listed.
Chapter 13: QYResearch’s Conclusions of Packaged Office Furniture market based on comprehensive survey.
Chapter 14: Methodology and Data Sources.
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2023.06.07 03:32 OGPendy Here's my pitch for FTWD after season 3.
To begin, two major changes need to be made to both FTWD and TWD. Firstly, Travis is shot in the neck, and he does throw himself out of the helicopter, but he survives by landing in a river. Secondly, in TWD, Carl doesn't die. Instead, Morgan sacrifices his life in some grand gesture, and his final plea is for Rick to end the war.
My Reasoning:
SEASON 3
With Travis now alive, it allows season three to play out basically the same, until the mid-season finale, where Travis would reveal himself as alive. From there, we would get a Travis-centric episode like we did with Daniel, showing how he stitched up his own neck wound and lived in the wilderness until he was found by Walker's people. As someone else said on this sub, this would open up the possibility of Travis being a bridge between the two people groups.
Because of his siding with Walker, we could get a very interesting dynamic between Travis and the other Clarks, specifically Madison. Story beats would have to change, but this will help the overarching story overall. For my purposes, Travis (while with Walker's people) would revert to his more pacifist self as he was in seasons 1 and 2. However, this would not change his tendency for violence, which he would struggle with during the duration of the season. Luciana still leaves, Daniel is still shot by Strand, Madison still kills Troy, and Nick still destroys the dam.
TLDR: Travis survives his gunshot wound and becomes a bridge between the two communities. The rest of the season's events basically play out the same, with obvious changes.
One of the main relationships I want to grow in this season is between Nick and Travis. While they did interact in the other seasons, it was to a very small extent--most of Travis' time was spent with his own son Chris. But with Travis' brutality more or less returning, and Nick no longer being the fun-loving and adventurous 19-year-old we knew, they grow closer--two men who have lost their innocence and themselves to the apocalypse. Nick will become the son Travis never had. But as they grow closer, so do Madison and Alycia. However, it's not a paternal healthy bond, it's Alycia trying to live up to the "Golden Child" standard she's kept for herself. With Madison's tendency to care more about Nick becoming ever more obvious, Alycia is driven by a need to please her mother--something that will eventually tear the family apart. But for all intents and purposes, the Clarks are the strongest they've ever been.
After a few episodes of traveling through Texas, they are stopped by three members of a Biker Gang (think Hell's Angels or Sons of Anarchy). They try to intimidate our crew into giving up what little supplies they have, but with a single look from Madison, two of the bikers are dead and the other is nearly beaten to death. Travis argues they take the bikes and leave, but Madison suspects they have a camp nearby--and after a torture session performed by Travis, she's told that she's right. They are led to the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium, which the Bikers call home. After an initial standoff, our crew is let in. Everyone is wary of these Bikers, but after only a little while, they quickly integrate into the group. Travis fits right in with the rough-and-tumble men, Alycia is praised for what little medical skill she has (which she uses to heal the tortured Biker, named Cole), Nick becomes a valuable asset for what the Bikers do, and Madison quickly rises up the ranks.
You see, these Bikers are like the Saviors. They run a protection racket. But instead of Negan's view of people: that they're a resource to be maintained, the Bikers simply destroy whoever doesn't bend to their will. However, there's a major problem: both manpower and bullets are hard to come by in the apocalypse, especially when they kill whoever disobeys them. But that's where Nick fits right in. With his skill with the walkers, he dons the blood and guts once more, using it to lead entire walker hordes into stubborn communities. They've found another new home. But as Travis and Madison make clear, it is not permanent.
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All seems well until word begins to spread amongst the Bikers. Their pre-apocalypse rivals, the Proctors, have made their presence known. In a show of force, the leader of the Bikers takes most of his men out to meet with the Proctors. At the same time, a young girl named Charlie is let into the stadium. Nick becomes a surrogate older brother, and they grow close. But our group, of course now fearful, vote to remain at the stadium with a few other nameless civilians and a healing Cole. It's going to be a few days, so Madison and the family lock the stadium down. No one in or out. That's when the Vultures show up.
Like season four of FTWD, they're still a corny group of hippies, but our group has dealt with worse. Way worse. Madison and Travis leave the stadium to talk to the Vultures, while Nick and Alycia stay back with Charlie. However, the young girl is revealed to be a double agent, the one who let the Vultures know that the majority of the Bikers were leaving. She pulls a gun on Nick and Alycia just as Madison and Travis single-handily slaughter all of the Vultures. None are left alive. Hearing the commotion, mixed with fear and anger, Charlie shoots Nick. But Alycia, in a split second, kills Charlie.
Now dying of a gunshot wound, Alycia desperately begins surgery on Nick. Madison is purely focused on her son, but the weight of what they just did is finally beginning to set on Travis. Nick is treated just as the Bikers return, a majority of their numbers wiped out. We then get a Strand-focused episode, revealing how after the dam he was captured by Proctor John himself. But we see how he was unable to worm his way into a position of power within the Proctors. We get to see how the Proctors tracked our group all the way from Mexico, and how they had a massive battle with the Bikers we know, wiping most of them out. But the Bikers we know escaped, and the Proctors have followed them.
Out of both time and options, Nick sneaks away (still very much injured), his plans unclear. However, the Proctors show up, Strand at the helm. He's the spokesperson for the Proctors now, but a wrench is thrown in the plan for battle when he sees Madison and Alycia inside the stadium. Proctor John holds his attack too, realizing his chance for revenge is within his grasp. He then proposes a deal to the Bikers, saying that if given Madison and Co, they'll leave. This, of course, is a lie. The Bikers deliberate, with Cole being the main voice for trading them over. Travis tries everything he can to convince the Bikers to not hand them over, but realizes that being killed either by the Bikers or the Proctors isn't much of an option. Bound and gagged, the Clarks (minus Nick, who Madison fears for) are handed over.
Put on their knees and guns put to their heads, Strand tries to talk John out of it--trying to make him pause and think. But it's no use.
Just as bullets are about to be fired, a massive herd comes out of nowhere! Nick has led them all here, and being careful, he slips through the herd and unties his family. He tells them to do the guts trick, which they do, but for whatever reason, he turns back. As he moves through the herd, careful not to get shot or eaten, he finds Strand fighting for his life. Nick then steps in, helps him with the trick, and leads him to safety--but not before seeing Proctor John fighting the herd. It looks like he's winning; using a row of his soldiers to gun down the horde, until Nick sneaks up behind him and slits his throat. Now leaderless and surrounded, the Proctors and the Bikers are wiped out. Covered in guts and aimless, our crew leaves the stadium.
Weeks later, and after a few more misadventures, Nick goes out hunting. As he does so, he stumbles upon a man dressed like a cowboy, and sitting against a pickup truck: John Dorie. The same exchange happens, where John asks whoever is in the shadows if they would like to join him. Nick reveals himself, and it ends the same way as it did in the show, "So what's your story?"
TLDR: Madison and Co escape Mexico only to join up with a biker gang in an old baseball stadium in Texas. The Proctors return, old rivals of the Bikers, and a massive battle ensues. A group called the Vultures show up as the Bikers leave, and are quickly slaughtered by Madison and Travis. The Proctors come with Strand in tow, and after quick thinking from Nick, the family and Strand escape, while both the Bikers and the Proctors are wiped out by a herd of walkers. Nick then meets a man named John Dorie.
Tensions however, are high. Madison of course doesn't trust John, and hates the influence he seemingly having on her son. She thinks that his kindness is weakness, and fights to keep her control over Nick.
Based on the evidence John gathered, his best guess is that his wife was abducted and taken north, into Colorado. With nowhere else to go, the Clarks travel with John north. Having entered Colorado, John soon catches a trail. He finds evidence of a camp with the same logo as he found before, that of a key. He feels that they're getting closer, and he turns out to be right, as they find a small community of survivors living inside an old motel. He wants to go in and talk, but Madison isn't risking it. Instead, and with much pushback from John, our main crew goes in guns raised.
Using a small herd of walkers Nick gathered, they take out the guards and quickly find the leader of the community. At gunpoint, the man explains that he's part of a network of communities under one woman, Virginia. They're called the Pioneers, and their goal is to make Colorado the beginning of a new United States. Madison, Alycia, and Strand laugh at the idea, but Nick and Travis are more open to it. After stealing supplies, weapons, and a vehicle, our crew moves on to find John's wife. Or so he thinks.
A few days later, our group finds another one of the settlements, an old ski lodge. This time, however, based on both Travis' and John's pleas, they go in as if they're just some survivors. As they are let in, they see that the lodge is heavily armed--a death sentence had they gone in guns blazing. They stay for a while, with Nick, Travis, and John warming up to the idea of a multi-settlement government. John finds out that his wife is at the capital of the settlement, Lawton. Eager to hit the road to see his wife again, he tells the group to get ready to head out. Madison, however, has no such plan. Nick argues they should go with him, but Madison argues that nothing like this could last and that it's likely all a lie. Madison and Strand want to take over the lodge, killing them all if it came to it. Travis is against it, his guilt driving him to try to stop murdering, but Madison's mind is unchanged. Survival at any cost is her plan now, and if a few nobodies have to die for it, so what? Madison is going to keep everyone together, no matter what. So, under the cover of the night, John and Nick sneak off the lodge grounds and leave.
In the morning, Madison sees they're both gone. Enraged, she prepares to go out and immediately find them until a massive snowstorm hits, forcing them to stay inside. For Nick and John, however, a test of will is what the storm becomes. Frostbite and starvation are mere days away, and they seem to be going in circles. Until a search party finds them. They're grabbed and treated as they are taken to the capital settlement. The search party wasn't for them, but for a young girl, but finding the men so close to death stopped the search. At least for now.
Back at the lodge, Madison is planning for a seize of power. People are anxious, and she has enough trust with the guards to grab some guns. But Travis stops her. He talks to her and looks at her as if she's a different person, something that seems to haunt her. They've grown apart, barely showing any physical affection.
At Lawton, Nick and John see that the settlement is large, larger than anything they've come across so far. They have large walls, farms, livestock, freshly constructed buildings, and people. Anxious to get to his wife, John meets with the mastermind behind it all: Virginia. But unlike the show, she's a genuinely kind woman. She really does want the best for people, and after some deliberation, John finally gets to see his wife. She explains that during her own supply run, she ran into the Pioneers needing help. She did, and they invited her to join. She left a note for John, telling him where to find her, but a massive herd forced them to leave early. It's a joyous moment and something that deeply saddens Nick, reminding him of Luciana.
Until he hears a voice, "Nick?" He turns around and sees Luciana standing behind him! They embrace, and she tells some story about how she found these communities. She apologizes for ever leaving him and promises to never do it again. And after this moment, Nick asks her to be his wife. She says yes, and he couldn't be happier.
Two weeks later, Madison, Travis, Alycia, and Strand are escorted to Lawton, where they reunite with Nick. He explains what happened, and in a seemingly hopeful moment, a wedding is held. Nick and Luciana get married, and all the while Madison plots.
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After five or six months, we see how the family has gotten used to this way of life. Nick and Luciana are happy and working together, Strand has become a high-ranking Pioneer, Alycia has become a rather skilled doctor, Travis has settled down with Madison (though they're still very distant), working the fields next to a small cabin, and John and his wife work as rangers. Life is good. It's peaceful. With all the communities working together, it can seem like anything is possible. But Madison isn't happy. She doesn't trust any of it. And neither does Strand. She believes that at any second, a revolt will happen. An enemy group will rise up. She feels the Pioneers are too trusting, too hopeful. She wants to keep her family safe, and she doesn't think Virginia can.
One day, a community-wide meeting is called, where all the heads of the communities will come together to discuss general going-ons and plans for the future. All the heads come to meet in an old courthouse, including Strand. That day, Madison asks Virginia to meet, and she raises her issues: how they are too trusting, and a severe lack of top-down control. Virginia assures her that those things will happen--in time, but not to rush them. Madison asks her if she will ever actually make those changes, and Virginia pauses before saying...no. Madison then pulls a gun and shoots Virginia in the head. As soon as the shot rings out, Strand leaves the main courtroom where all the heads of communities are, locks the doors, and starts a fire. In mere minutes, the entire courthouse is in flames, and everyone inside is dead.
Immediately, there is chaos, as people think it was an attack. Madison steps up, explaining that Virginia was killed, and the fire was started by anarchists. Strand then grabs a random man and drags him up to the stage where Madison stands. After making up some story about the man, she asks the people if the anarchist should live, and there is a resounding and furious flurry of "no's". She pulls out her pistol and executes the man to the horror of Travis, Nick, and John.
At night, Madison meets with John, as he's become a high-ranking ranger. He knows that that man was innocent, but Madison seems to have no remorse. She explains very calmly that he's going to help contain the chaos, or she will kill his wife. To his shock, Madison waits for a response. He finally sputters out that he'll help. She lets him go back home, knowing he'll do whatever she wants.
Then, she goes home to Travis, who's distraught. He knows everything that happened was staged, and that Strand was helping plan it from the beginning. He's enraged, but Madison remains calm, explaining that everything she did was to protect her family. Travis is beyond shocked, exclaiming that everything that was happening was protecting her family. She looks at him, cold as ice, and tells him that he's not her family. He's not blood. Nick and Alycia are all that matter to her. Travis is horrified and heartbroken--too stunned to speak. She walks over to him and explains that if all he is is against her, he's a danger to her family. She then grabs a nearby knife and stabs him in the gut. She looks away from his eyes as he gasps for air, and as she twists the knife deeper into his stomach. She rips the knife out and he collapses on the floor, dying. She watches him suffer, and just like that, both Travis and the Madison we knew, are dead.
TLDR: Madison and Co follow a good-hearted cowboy named John Dorie into Colorado in search of his wife. After a few altercations with this group's settlements, John reunites with his wife and Nick reunites with Luciana. Months later, Madison and Strand enact a plot to seize control of power. Madison kills Virginia, and Strand lights a building aflame with all head of communities inside. Madison then threatens John into working for her, and she kills Travis.
Thanks to John's help, the communities have calmed down. Order has been re-established. Madison and Strand have taken up leadership of the Pioneers, but they quickly ditch the key logos and outfits. The rangers are trained to be merciless--gone are the days of trusting new people. A new rule is established: kill on site. Thanks to this, the communities are stronger than ever. John lives in perpetual fear of Madison, worried that at any moment she'll claim his wife is a member of the Anarchists, and have her killed. In order to avoid this, he becomes a vital tool for Madison, doing anything she says.
Nick is deep in grief, numb to his now wife and the outside world...until Luciana breaks wonderful news: she's pregnant. Nick is shocked, but excited--ready to be the father his dad never was.
In the meantime, Madison uses John to round up people who would stand against her, and after planting evidence and calling them Anarchists, she has them executed. Her family and community is secure. It looks like no one can stand in her way--except one woman: Luciana. Now pregnant and fearful of the dangerous new woman in control of Lawton, she wants to leave with Nick. He argues that they need to stay, it's his mother after all, and that they can't keep running forever. But she sees the danger.
That night, Nick and Alycia and hanging out together when he proudly tells her Luciana is pregnant. Alycia is really happy for him, until Nick tells her that he's decided he's going to leave Lawton with her after she gives birth. At the same time, Madison goes to Nick's home and meets with Luciana. She plays up the whole "sympathetic mother figure" deducing rather quickly that Luciana is pregnant. Luciana then tells her that they'll be leaving soon, much to the dismay of Madison. She soon leaves once Nick returns, not acting as if she knows about the pregnancy and their plans.
The next day John offers to take Nick down to one of their outermost communities, a few days ride. He accepts, feeling on top of the world. At that time, a group of armed Rangers burst into Nick's home, searching the entire place. Luciana is confused, but she is quickly tackled to the ground. Then, they find what they're searching for: the same knife used to kill Travis. Dragged out of her home, she's thrown into a holding cell.
A few hours out from Lawton, John struggles with the immense guilt of something. Nick asks him what's wrong, and he finally explains that Strand told him to take Nick out of town for a few days while something happened. Fearing something really bad is going to happen, Nick races back to Lawton, with the help of John.
The knife is supposedly the one that killed Travis, and Luciana is scheduled for a public execution that same day. At the time of the execution, Luciana is brought up on the gallows, in front of public of view, and Strand gives a speech about order and safety. Madison is absent. Nick reaches the main gates, but is temporarily blocked. Using sheer adrenaline and channeling Travis, he fights off the two guards and races to the center of town to see Luciana, noose around her neck. He screams for them to stop, but with the crank of a lever, the trapdoor falls, and Luciana suffocates to death. Nick can't do anything as he falls over, weeping, saying, "She's pregnant...she's pregnant..." Alycia comes running from the Infirmary, unaware of what's happening. John finally makes it to the town square, and using his crackshot aim, shoots Luciana down. But it's too late. For whatever the reason, she turned fast, and John walks over and quietly puts an end to her reanimated self.
Nick is completely broken now. He lays in a ball on the ground, unable to move. Alycia attempts to comfort him, but he pushes her away. John walks over to him, attempting to apologize or make what he did right, but Nick snaps. Grabbing a knife off of Alycia, he stabs John is the gut, and begins to beat his face in. Alycia tries to stop him, but Nick kicks her away as he takes swing after swing, beating John nearly to death. Nick then stops, grabs John's rifle, and screams for Strand. Strand, still standing on the gallows, attempts to duck as Nick fires at him, hitting him in the shoulder with a bullet. Nicks keeps firing, until his gun clicks empty. He stands, surrounded by Rangers and civilians.
He's locked in a cell, fists bloody and eyes empty. Madison comes to the cell, trying to play innocence, until Nick grabs her by the throat. He squeezes, a fire lit behind his eyes. All the pieces fit together now. Everything. He begins to laugh hysterically, realizing it was his own mother who killed his pregnant wife. "You...you actually thought I would what--just fall back into your own arms? Be your own little "Nicky' again!?" He tightens his grip, but he's too good a man. He can't do it. He releases her, utterly defeated. Madison leaves, telling Strand that he'll come around.
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A long time later, months, years, we're not sure--somehow, Nick is out of the cell. It's wintertime in Colorado, and he's living in the wilderness now, sporting much longer hair and a beard. Using tricks he learned while in Mexico and from Travis, he lives as a nomad. But no matter how far he travels, he's still hunted by the Pioneers.
In a flashback, we see that is was Strand who let Nick out of the cell. Nick just about kills him, but seeing the guilt Strand feels, Nick decides to just leave. He's quiet and stealthy, just stealing one of Travis' jackets and a machete. But before he leaves, he sneaks to Alycia, and pleads with her to come with him. She refuses, deciding to stay with Madison. He's sad, but he doesn't stick around. He climbs over one of the walls, and slips away.
In the present, we follow Nick as he lives in the woods of Colorado. He's almost completely silent, barely even grunting. He dispatches walkers with ease, and because of Travis, he knows how to live purely off the land alone. He's almost unrecognizable. One day, while cooking a rabbit, two Pioneers come across him on horseback. They dismount, holding him up at gunpoint, and tell him that he's going to return to Lawton with them. He doesn't speak as he pulls out his machete and cleaves one of the Pioneers' arms off. The man screams in agony as Nick impales the other one mercilessly. He kills the second man, then turns and grabs the other man's rifle. He checks its ammo, slings it across his back, and begins to raise his machete at the first Pioneer--before the man begins to weep. He begins blubbering about his wife, how they have a child on the way. Nick lowers his blade, wipes the blood on his sleeve, and sheathes it. The Pioneer begs for bandage, medicine, anything, but Nick just leaves, saying, "Tell her to stop coming after me."
The problem for Nick is that, essentially, he's trapped. Because of the thirteen-community network Madison now controls, he's surrounded, on all sides, by people attempting to capture him. It miles of land, sure, but not something easily escaped. So he's done what little he can--evade the larger search parties, and deal with the smaller pairs of rangers he encounters.
His new plan is to head farther north, hopefully into Wyoming or Montana. So for an episode he heads north, evading capture.
At the same time, Madison continues to rule the communities with an iron fist. But there's a problem: people have been disappearing from within the communities. Alicia has matured over this time, taking up a leadership position under her mother. She's an advocate for letting Nick go, but Madison can't. Strand still works for her, though he has become more brazen after his secret releasing of Nick. Madison suspects it was him who did it, but she waits to act. John has become the head of tracking Nick down, but he does his job in a way that slows down the process.
Madison calls him in for a meeting, and explains that his new mission will be discovering where her citizens are going. Thankful to be off of Nick, he accepts.
Nick makes his way to the furthermost community after days of travel, called "The Lanes". Sneaking past guards and the occasional walker, he makes it to Colorado border, and stops. He feels horribly guilty for leaving his sister with his mother, and he can't seem to shake the feeling. Then, he sees something odd: a small group of civilians sneaking out of the Lanes. He watches them, then decides to follow. After traveling deeper into the woods than he's gone before, he stumbles upon the civilians destination: The Copse.
An idyllic home deep in the Colorado woods, Nick is greeted by an old eccentric man: Teddy. Teddy is kind and wise, offering to take Nick's weapons, as he won't need them there. Nick cautiously obliges, and after a few days, falls in love with the place. Everyone who's fled from the communities has come here, and it's perfect. Until John finds it.
With six rangers vs an entire commune, Nick prepares for battle. But Teddy tells him to stop, and to let happen what needs to happen. Confused by his order, he steps down. John sees the place, and realizes that this is what the communities can be. He decides not to tell Madison about the commune, and he returns to his wife, and they leave together in secret.
After more drama and death, Madison stops all her rangers from looking for Nick, and switches the mission to finding this rumored commune. Nick catches wind of this, and warns Teddy that this is coming. Teddy refuses to arm, but Nick circumvents this by talking to the people of the commune. He finally steps into a position of leadership, rallying the citizens into protecting what they have. The citizens come together and form a fighting force, right as the first Rangers arrive.
It's a bloody battle, but the Rangers are defeated. Nick realizes that the people cannot defeat 13 communities, but they can convert them. After more fights, persuading, and uprising, nearly half of all the communities have rallied under Nick against Madison and her army.
Eager to get out from under her thumb of oppression, people from within Lawton begin to revolt. Madison, of course, shuts this down--brutally beating anyone who stands against her. Alicia sees now that her mother is truly gone, and begins to communicate with Nick, planning a final stand.
After weeks of fighting and plotting, it all comes to a head. All of Nick's forces, now seven communities, rally together to charge, all at once, to Madison's six community army stationed at Lawton. Strand, however, attempts to sabotage Madison's army by destroying their ammo reserves. He's caught, tortured for his involvement in the civil war, and in one final act of brutality by Madison, beheaded in view of both her own and Nick's armies.
On this, both sides clash, resulting in a massive firefight. Hundreds are killed between the two groups, and in the end, Lawton is in flames and Nick is within Madison's home. They fight, and it's brutal and hard to watch as we see our once mother and son duo trade blows. Nick finally gets the upper hand, and a mortally wounded Madison makes one last remark, "I kept you and Alicia safe. I did that no matter what. I tried to keep us all together..." Nick shakes his head. "You tore us apart Mom. I love you, even after what you did to us. To me. But this can't go on."
Madison hears these words, and sheds a tear. Nick looks away as Madison Clark dies. Nick leaves the house, teary-eyed, and explains what happened to the people. The war is ended. The Communities are reunited.
A few weeks later, Nick and Alicia share one last moment together--embracing at Lawton's gates. Alicia has become the leader of these communities, and peace has now truly been established. But Nick can't stay. The memories here haunt him. He's decided to leave. Go north. He shares one last goodbye to everyone he's met over the past years, and he departs, once again alone and on the road.
TLDR: After a brutal betrayal by Madison, Nick leaves Lawton. After a long time spent in the woods, he finds a new home: a peaceful commune. but realizing his mother will never stop searching for him, he rallies together the people of the commune and half of all the others. After betrayals, beheadings, and losses. The war is ended, and peace returns to the Colorado Communities. Nick decides to leave, and he's once again alone on the road.
THE END
I know that this was a long read, and I appreciate all of those who did. A few parts need work, but overall, this is a very rough draft for how I would have handled Fear.
Thanks to AI, attached are some admittedly rough designs for what our characters could have looked like in the later seasons:
Nick in season 6.
Nick on the road.
Alicia in Colorado.
An older Travis and Madison in one of the Pioneer's communities.
John Dorie at a snowy Lawton.
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My Reasoning:
- Not only was Travis' death sudden and absurd, but it also ruined any potential he had to become an excellent character. In my version, Madison and Co are still pushed forward by news of his "death," killing two birds with one stone and allowing for a myriad of interesting possibilities.
- This allows TWD to continue closer to how it did in the comics, a way I find much more narratively satisfying, and doesn't allow Morgan to crossover--thus stopping FTWD from becoming the "Morgan and Friends Show". (Maybe he can die saving Carl--bringing his character arc of not being able to protect Duane full circle.)
SEASON 3
With Travis now alive, it allows season three to play out basically the same, until the mid-season finale, where Travis would reveal himself as alive. From there, we would get a Travis-centric episode like we did with Daniel, showing how he stitched up his own neck wound and lived in the wilderness until he was found by Walker's people. As someone else said on this sub, this would open up the possibility of Travis being a bridge between the two people groups.
Because of his siding with Walker, we could get a very interesting dynamic between Travis and the other Clarks, specifically Madison. Story beats would have to change, but this will help the overarching story overall. For my purposes, Travis (while with Walker's people) would revert to his more pacifist self as he was in seasons 1 and 2. However, this would not change his tendency for violence, which he would struggle with during the duration of the season. Luciana still leaves, Daniel is still shot by Strand, Madison still kills Troy, and Nick still destroys the dam.
TLDR: Travis survives his gunshot wound and becomes a bridge between the two communities. The rest of the season's events basically play out the same, with obvious changes.
SEASON 4The dam has exploded. And after a minor time skip, we meet up with our crew: Madison, Alicia, Nick, and Travis, who are hiding out in an abandoned gas station. You see, while the dam is gone and quite a few of the Proctors with it, they're still everywhere; searching for the people who tried to wipe them out. In a hail-mary attempt, the Clarks flee up north, leaving Mexico and hopefully the Proctors by heading into Texas. They all assume Daniel and Strand are dead, and whatever sense of morality they had at the ranch has now completely been lost. They are ruthless to both walkers and people, both of which they find plenty of in the Texas plains.
One of the main relationships I want to grow in this season is between Nick and Travis. While they did interact in the other seasons, it was to a very small extent--most of Travis' time was spent with his own son Chris. But with Travis' brutality more or less returning, and Nick no longer being the fun-loving and adventurous 19-year-old we knew, they grow closer--two men who have lost their innocence and themselves to the apocalypse. Nick will become the son Travis never had. But as they grow closer, so do Madison and Alycia. However, it's not a paternal healthy bond, it's Alycia trying to live up to the "Golden Child" standard she's kept for herself. With Madison's tendency to care more about Nick becoming ever more obvious, Alycia is driven by a need to please her mother--something that will eventually tear the family apart. But for all intents and purposes, the Clarks are the strongest they've ever been.
After a few episodes of traveling through Texas, they are stopped by three members of a Biker Gang (think Hell's Angels or Sons of Anarchy). They try to intimidate our crew into giving up what little supplies they have, but with a single look from Madison, two of the bikers are dead and the other is nearly beaten to death. Travis argues they take the bikes and leave, but Madison suspects they have a camp nearby--and after a torture session performed by Travis, she's told that she's right. They are led to the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium, which the Bikers call home. After an initial standoff, our crew is let in. Everyone is wary of these Bikers, but after only a little while, they quickly integrate into the group. Travis fits right in with the rough-and-tumble men, Alycia is praised for what little medical skill she has (which she uses to heal the tortured Biker, named Cole), Nick becomes a valuable asset for what the Bikers do, and Madison quickly rises up the ranks.
You see, these Bikers are like the Saviors. They run a protection racket. But instead of Negan's view of people: that they're a resource to be maintained, the Bikers simply destroy whoever doesn't bend to their will. However, there's a major problem: both manpower and bullets are hard to come by in the apocalypse, especially when they kill whoever disobeys them. But that's where Nick fits right in. With his skill with the walkers, he dons the blood and guts once more, using it to lead entire walker hordes into stubborn communities. They've found another new home. But as Travis and Madison make clear, it is not permanent.
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All seems well until word begins to spread amongst the Bikers. Their pre-apocalypse rivals, the Proctors, have made their presence known. In a show of force, the leader of the Bikers takes most of his men out to meet with the Proctors. At the same time, a young girl named Charlie is let into the stadium. Nick becomes a surrogate older brother, and they grow close. But our group, of course now fearful, vote to remain at the stadium with a few other nameless civilians and a healing Cole. It's going to be a few days, so Madison and the family lock the stadium down. No one in or out. That's when the Vultures show up.
Like season four of FTWD, they're still a corny group of hippies, but our group has dealt with worse. Way worse. Madison and Travis leave the stadium to talk to the Vultures, while Nick and Alycia stay back with Charlie. However, the young girl is revealed to be a double agent, the one who let the Vultures know that the majority of the Bikers were leaving. She pulls a gun on Nick and Alycia just as Madison and Travis single-handily slaughter all of the Vultures. None are left alive. Hearing the commotion, mixed with fear and anger, Charlie shoots Nick. But Alycia, in a split second, kills Charlie.
Now dying of a gunshot wound, Alycia desperately begins surgery on Nick. Madison is purely focused on her son, but the weight of what they just did is finally beginning to set on Travis. Nick is treated just as the Bikers return, a majority of their numbers wiped out. We then get a Strand-focused episode, revealing how after the dam he was captured by Proctor John himself. But we see how he was unable to worm his way into a position of power within the Proctors. We get to see how the Proctors tracked our group all the way from Mexico, and how they had a massive battle with the Bikers we know, wiping most of them out. But the Bikers we know escaped, and the Proctors have followed them.
Out of both time and options, Nick sneaks away (still very much injured), his plans unclear. However, the Proctors show up, Strand at the helm. He's the spokesperson for the Proctors now, but a wrench is thrown in the plan for battle when he sees Madison and Alycia inside the stadium. Proctor John holds his attack too, realizing his chance for revenge is within his grasp. He then proposes a deal to the Bikers, saying that if given Madison and Co, they'll leave. This, of course, is a lie. The Bikers deliberate, with Cole being the main voice for trading them over. Travis tries everything he can to convince the Bikers to not hand them over, but realizes that being killed either by the Bikers or the Proctors isn't much of an option. Bound and gagged, the Clarks (minus Nick, who Madison fears for) are handed over.
Put on their knees and guns put to their heads, Strand tries to talk John out of it--trying to make him pause and think. But it's no use.
Just as bullets are about to be fired, a massive herd comes out of nowhere! Nick has led them all here, and being careful, he slips through the herd and unties his family. He tells them to do the guts trick, which they do, but for whatever reason, he turns back. As he moves through the herd, careful not to get shot or eaten, he finds Strand fighting for his life. Nick then steps in, helps him with the trick, and leads him to safety--but not before seeing Proctor John fighting the herd. It looks like he's winning; using a row of his soldiers to gun down the horde, until Nick sneaks up behind him and slits his throat. Now leaderless and surrounded, the Proctors and the Bikers are wiped out. Covered in guts and aimless, our crew leaves the stadium.
Weeks later, and after a few more misadventures, Nick goes out hunting. As he does so, he stumbles upon a man dressed like a cowboy, and sitting against a pickup truck: John Dorie. The same exchange happens, where John asks whoever is in the shadows if they would like to join him. Nick reveals himself, and it ends the same way as it did in the show, "So what's your story?"
TLDR: Madison and Co escape Mexico only to join up with a biker gang in an old baseball stadium in Texas. The Proctors return, old rivals of the Bikers, and a massive battle ensues. A group called the Vultures show up as the Bikers leave, and are quickly slaughtered by Madison and Travis. The Proctors come with Strand in tow, and after quick thinking from Nick, the family and Strand escape, while both the Bikers and the Proctors are wiped out by a herd of walkers. Nick then meets a man named John Dorie.
Season 5John Dorie is what Morgan should have been for the Clarks: the exact opposite of what they are. While they're ruthless and cold, he's merciful and warm. His mission is simple: find his wife. And because of Nick's insistence (and Travis' persuasion of Madison), they decide to help him do so. He explains they separated several weeks ago, after meeting at his cabin and living there for the majority of the apocalypse. But he is far from incapable. In fact, he's the best shot of the entire group and anyone they ever come across.
Tensions however, are high. Madison of course doesn't trust John, and hates the influence he seemingly having on her son. She thinks that his kindness is weakness, and fights to keep her control over Nick.
Based on the evidence John gathered, his best guess is that his wife was abducted and taken north, into Colorado. With nowhere else to go, the Clarks travel with John north. Having entered Colorado, John soon catches a trail. He finds evidence of a camp with the same logo as he found before, that of a key. He feels that they're getting closer, and he turns out to be right, as they find a small community of survivors living inside an old motel. He wants to go in and talk, but Madison isn't risking it. Instead, and with much pushback from John, our main crew goes in guns raised.
Using a small herd of walkers Nick gathered, they take out the guards and quickly find the leader of the community. At gunpoint, the man explains that he's part of a network of communities under one woman, Virginia. They're called the Pioneers, and their goal is to make Colorado the beginning of a new United States. Madison, Alycia, and Strand laugh at the idea, but Nick and Travis are more open to it. After stealing supplies, weapons, and a vehicle, our crew moves on to find John's wife. Or so he thinks.
A few days later, our group finds another one of the settlements, an old ski lodge. This time, however, based on both Travis' and John's pleas, they go in as if they're just some survivors. As they are let in, they see that the lodge is heavily armed--a death sentence had they gone in guns blazing. They stay for a while, with Nick, Travis, and John warming up to the idea of a multi-settlement government. John finds out that his wife is at the capital of the settlement, Lawton. Eager to hit the road to see his wife again, he tells the group to get ready to head out. Madison, however, has no such plan. Nick argues they should go with him, but Madison argues that nothing like this could last and that it's likely all a lie. Madison and Strand want to take over the lodge, killing them all if it came to it. Travis is against it, his guilt driving him to try to stop murdering, but Madison's mind is unchanged. Survival at any cost is her plan now, and if a few nobodies have to die for it, so what? Madison is going to keep everyone together, no matter what. So, under the cover of the night, John and Nick sneak off the lodge grounds and leave.
In the morning, Madison sees they're both gone. Enraged, she prepares to go out and immediately find them until a massive snowstorm hits, forcing them to stay inside. For Nick and John, however, a test of will is what the storm becomes. Frostbite and starvation are mere days away, and they seem to be going in circles. Until a search party finds them. They're grabbed and treated as they are taken to the capital settlement. The search party wasn't for them, but for a young girl, but finding the men so close to death stopped the search. At least for now.
Back at the lodge, Madison is planning for a seize of power. People are anxious, and she has enough trust with the guards to grab some guns. But Travis stops her. He talks to her and looks at her as if she's a different person, something that seems to haunt her. They've grown apart, barely showing any physical affection.
At Lawton, Nick and John see that the settlement is large, larger than anything they've come across so far. They have large walls, farms, livestock, freshly constructed buildings, and people. Anxious to get to his wife, John meets with the mastermind behind it all: Virginia. But unlike the show, she's a genuinely kind woman. She really does want the best for people, and after some deliberation, John finally gets to see his wife. She explains that during her own supply run, she ran into the Pioneers needing help. She did, and they invited her to join. She left a note for John, telling him where to find her, but a massive herd forced them to leave early. It's a joyous moment and something that deeply saddens Nick, reminding him of Luciana.
Until he hears a voice, "Nick?" He turns around and sees Luciana standing behind him! They embrace, and she tells some story about how she found these communities. She apologizes for ever leaving him and promises to never do it again. And after this moment, Nick asks her to be his wife. She says yes, and he couldn't be happier.
Two weeks later, Madison, Travis, Alycia, and Strand are escorted to Lawton, where they reunite with Nick. He explains what happened, and in a seemingly hopeful moment, a wedding is held. Nick and Luciana get married, and all the while Madison plots.
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After five or six months, we see how the family has gotten used to this way of life. Nick and Luciana are happy and working together, Strand has become a high-ranking Pioneer, Alycia has become a rather skilled doctor, Travis has settled down with Madison (though they're still very distant), working the fields next to a small cabin, and John and his wife work as rangers. Life is good. It's peaceful. With all the communities working together, it can seem like anything is possible. But Madison isn't happy. She doesn't trust any of it. And neither does Strand. She believes that at any second, a revolt will happen. An enemy group will rise up. She feels the Pioneers are too trusting, too hopeful. She wants to keep her family safe, and she doesn't think Virginia can.
One day, a community-wide meeting is called, where all the heads of the communities will come together to discuss general going-ons and plans for the future. All the heads come to meet in an old courthouse, including Strand. That day, Madison asks Virginia to meet, and she raises her issues: how they are too trusting, and a severe lack of top-down control. Virginia assures her that those things will happen--in time, but not to rush them. Madison asks her if she will ever actually make those changes, and Virginia pauses before saying...no. Madison then pulls a gun and shoots Virginia in the head. As soon as the shot rings out, Strand leaves the main courtroom where all the heads of communities are, locks the doors, and starts a fire. In mere minutes, the entire courthouse is in flames, and everyone inside is dead.
Immediately, there is chaos, as people think it was an attack. Madison steps up, explaining that Virginia was killed, and the fire was started by anarchists. Strand then grabs a random man and drags him up to the stage where Madison stands. After making up some story about the man, she asks the people if the anarchist should live, and there is a resounding and furious flurry of "no's". She pulls out her pistol and executes the man to the horror of Travis, Nick, and John.
At night, Madison meets with John, as he's become a high-ranking ranger. He knows that that man was innocent, but Madison seems to have no remorse. She explains very calmly that he's going to help contain the chaos, or she will kill his wife. To his shock, Madison waits for a response. He finally sputters out that he'll help. She lets him go back home, knowing he'll do whatever she wants.
Then, she goes home to Travis, who's distraught. He knows everything that happened was staged, and that Strand was helping plan it from the beginning. He's enraged, but Madison remains calm, explaining that everything she did was to protect her family. Travis is beyond shocked, exclaiming that everything that was happening was protecting her family. She looks at him, cold as ice, and tells him that he's not her family. He's not blood. Nick and Alycia are all that matter to her. Travis is horrified and heartbroken--too stunned to speak. She walks over to him and explains that if all he is is against her, he's a danger to her family. She then grabs a nearby knife and stabs him in the gut. She looks away from his eyes as he gasps for air, and as she twists the knife deeper into his stomach. She rips the knife out and he collapses on the floor, dying. She watches him suffer, and just like that, both Travis and the Madison we knew, are dead.
TLDR: Madison and Co follow a good-hearted cowboy named John Dorie into Colorado in search of his wife. After a few altercations with this group's settlements, John reunites with his wife and Nick reunites with Luciana. Months later, Madison and Strand enact a plot to seize control of power. Madison kills Virginia, and Strand lights a building aflame with all head of communities inside. Madison then threatens John into working for her, and she kills Travis.
Season 6"Travis was killed by the anarchists." That's the lie that's told. The one spread around. At his funeral, Nick is devastated, barely able to hold it together as he gives a speech. John is silent, suspecting that Madison is the one who killed him. She knows that he knows, but she doesn't care. She cries at the funeral. But just for a moment.
Thanks to John's help, the communities have calmed down. Order has been re-established. Madison and Strand have taken up leadership of the Pioneers, but they quickly ditch the key logos and outfits. The rangers are trained to be merciless--gone are the days of trusting new people. A new rule is established: kill on site. Thanks to this, the communities are stronger than ever. John lives in perpetual fear of Madison, worried that at any moment she'll claim his wife is a member of the Anarchists, and have her killed. In order to avoid this, he becomes a vital tool for Madison, doing anything she says.
Nick is deep in grief, numb to his now wife and the outside world...until Luciana breaks wonderful news: she's pregnant. Nick is shocked, but excited--ready to be the father his dad never was.
In the meantime, Madison uses John to round up people who would stand against her, and after planting evidence and calling them Anarchists, she has them executed. Her family and community is secure. It looks like no one can stand in her way--except one woman: Luciana. Now pregnant and fearful of the dangerous new woman in control of Lawton, she wants to leave with Nick. He argues that they need to stay, it's his mother after all, and that they can't keep running forever. But she sees the danger.
That night, Nick and Alycia and hanging out together when he proudly tells her Luciana is pregnant. Alycia is really happy for him, until Nick tells her that he's decided he's going to leave Lawton with her after she gives birth. At the same time, Madison goes to Nick's home and meets with Luciana. She plays up the whole "sympathetic mother figure" deducing rather quickly that Luciana is pregnant. Luciana then tells her that they'll be leaving soon, much to the dismay of Madison. She soon leaves once Nick returns, not acting as if she knows about the pregnancy and their plans.
The next day John offers to take Nick down to one of their outermost communities, a few days ride. He accepts, feeling on top of the world. At that time, a group of armed Rangers burst into Nick's home, searching the entire place. Luciana is confused, but she is quickly tackled to the ground. Then, they find what they're searching for: the same knife used to kill Travis. Dragged out of her home, she's thrown into a holding cell.
A few hours out from Lawton, John struggles with the immense guilt of something. Nick asks him what's wrong, and he finally explains that Strand told him to take Nick out of town for a few days while something happened. Fearing something really bad is going to happen, Nick races back to Lawton, with the help of John.
The knife is supposedly the one that killed Travis, and Luciana is scheduled for a public execution that same day. At the time of the execution, Luciana is brought up on the gallows, in front of public of view, and Strand gives a speech about order and safety. Madison is absent. Nick reaches the main gates, but is temporarily blocked. Using sheer adrenaline and channeling Travis, he fights off the two guards and races to the center of town to see Luciana, noose around her neck. He screams for them to stop, but with the crank of a lever, the trapdoor falls, and Luciana suffocates to death. Nick can't do anything as he falls over, weeping, saying, "She's pregnant...she's pregnant..." Alycia comes running from the Infirmary, unaware of what's happening. John finally makes it to the town square, and using his crackshot aim, shoots Luciana down. But it's too late. For whatever the reason, she turned fast, and John walks over and quietly puts an end to her reanimated self.
Nick is completely broken now. He lays in a ball on the ground, unable to move. Alycia attempts to comfort him, but he pushes her away. John walks over to him, attempting to apologize or make what he did right, but Nick snaps. Grabbing a knife off of Alycia, he stabs John is the gut, and begins to beat his face in. Alycia tries to stop him, but Nick kicks her away as he takes swing after swing, beating John nearly to death. Nick then stops, grabs John's rifle, and screams for Strand. Strand, still standing on the gallows, attempts to duck as Nick fires at him, hitting him in the shoulder with a bullet. Nicks keeps firing, until his gun clicks empty. He stands, surrounded by Rangers and civilians.
He's locked in a cell, fists bloody and eyes empty. Madison comes to the cell, trying to play innocence, until Nick grabs her by the throat. He squeezes, a fire lit behind his eyes. All the pieces fit together now. Everything. He begins to laugh hysterically, realizing it was his own mother who killed his pregnant wife. "You...you actually thought I would what--just fall back into your own arms? Be your own little "Nicky' again!?" He tightens his grip, but he's too good a man. He can't do it. He releases her, utterly defeated. Madison leaves, telling Strand that he'll come around.
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A long time later, months, years, we're not sure--somehow, Nick is out of the cell. It's wintertime in Colorado, and he's living in the wilderness now, sporting much longer hair and a beard. Using tricks he learned while in Mexico and from Travis, he lives as a nomad. But no matter how far he travels, he's still hunted by the Pioneers.
In a flashback, we see that is was Strand who let Nick out of the cell. Nick just about kills him, but seeing the guilt Strand feels, Nick decides to just leave. He's quiet and stealthy, just stealing one of Travis' jackets and a machete. But before he leaves, he sneaks to Alycia, and pleads with her to come with him. She refuses, deciding to stay with Madison. He's sad, but he doesn't stick around. He climbs over one of the walls, and slips away.
In the present, we follow Nick as he lives in the woods of Colorado. He's almost completely silent, barely even grunting. He dispatches walkers with ease, and because of Travis, he knows how to live purely off the land alone. He's almost unrecognizable. One day, while cooking a rabbit, two Pioneers come across him on horseback. They dismount, holding him up at gunpoint, and tell him that he's going to return to Lawton with them. He doesn't speak as he pulls out his machete and cleaves one of the Pioneers' arms off. The man screams in agony as Nick impales the other one mercilessly. He kills the second man, then turns and grabs the other man's rifle. He checks its ammo, slings it across his back, and begins to raise his machete at the first Pioneer--before the man begins to weep. He begins blubbering about his wife, how they have a child on the way. Nick lowers his blade, wipes the blood on his sleeve, and sheathes it. The Pioneer begs for bandage, medicine, anything, but Nick just leaves, saying, "Tell her to stop coming after me."
The problem for Nick is that, essentially, he's trapped. Because of the thirteen-community network Madison now controls, he's surrounded, on all sides, by people attempting to capture him. It miles of land, sure, but not something easily escaped. So he's done what little he can--evade the larger search parties, and deal with the smaller pairs of rangers he encounters.
His new plan is to head farther north, hopefully into Wyoming or Montana. So for an episode he heads north, evading capture.
At the same time, Madison continues to rule the communities with an iron fist. But there's a problem: people have been disappearing from within the communities. Alicia has matured over this time, taking up a leadership position under her mother. She's an advocate for letting Nick go, but Madison can't. Strand still works for her, though he has become more brazen after his secret releasing of Nick. Madison suspects it was him who did it, but she waits to act. John has become the head of tracking Nick down, but he does his job in a way that slows down the process.
Madison calls him in for a meeting, and explains that his new mission will be discovering where her citizens are going. Thankful to be off of Nick, he accepts.
Nick makes his way to the furthermost community after days of travel, called "The Lanes". Sneaking past guards and the occasional walker, he makes it to Colorado border, and stops. He feels horribly guilty for leaving his sister with his mother, and he can't seem to shake the feeling. Then, he sees something odd: a small group of civilians sneaking out of the Lanes. He watches them, then decides to follow. After traveling deeper into the woods than he's gone before, he stumbles upon the civilians destination: The Copse.
An idyllic home deep in the Colorado woods, Nick is greeted by an old eccentric man: Teddy. Teddy is kind and wise, offering to take Nick's weapons, as he won't need them there. Nick cautiously obliges, and after a few days, falls in love with the place. Everyone who's fled from the communities has come here, and it's perfect. Until John finds it.
With six rangers vs an entire commune, Nick prepares for battle. But Teddy tells him to stop, and to let happen what needs to happen. Confused by his order, he steps down. John sees the place, and realizes that this is what the communities can be. He decides not to tell Madison about the commune, and he returns to his wife, and they leave together in secret.
After more drama and death, Madison stops all her rangers from looking for Nick, and switches the mission to finding this rumored commune. Nick catches wind of this, and warns Teddy that this is coming. Teddy refuses to arm, but Nick circumvents this by talking to the people of the commune. He finally steps into a position of leadership, rallying the citizens into protecting what they have. The citizens come together and form a fighting force, right as the first Rangers arrive.
It's a bloody battle, but the Rangers are defeated. Nick realizes that the people cannot defeat 13 communities, but they can convert them. After more fights, persuading, and uprising, nearly half of all the communities have rallied under Nick against Madison and her army.
Eager to get out from under her thumb of oppression, people from within Lawton begin to revolt. Madison, of course, shuts this down--brutally beating anyone who stands against her. Alicia sees now that her mother is truly gone, and begins to communicate with Nick, planning a final stand.
After weeks of fighting and plotting, it all comes to a head. All of Nick's forces, now seven communities, rally together to charge, all at once, to Madison's six community army stationed at Lawton. Strand, however, attempts to sabotage Madison's army by destroying their ammo reserves. He's caught, tortured for his involvement in the civil war, and in one final act of brutality by Madison, beheaded in view of both her own and Nick's armies.
On this, both sides clash, resulting in a massive firefight. Hundreds are killed between the two groups, and in the end, Lawton is in flames and Nick is within Madison's home. They fight, and it's brutal and hard to watch as we see our once mother and son duo trade blows. Nick finally gets the upper hand, and a mortally wounded Madison makes one last remark, "I kept you and Alicia safe. I did that no matter what. I tried to keep us all together..." Nick shakes his head. "You tore us apart Mom. I love you, even after what you did to us. To me. But this can't go on."
Madison hears these words, and sheds a tear. Nick looks away as Madison Clark dies. Nick leaves the house, teary-eyed, and explains what happened to the people. The war is ended. The Communities are reunited.
A few weeks later, Nick and Alicia share one last moment together--embracing at Lawton's gates. Alicia has become the leader of these communities, and peace has now truly been established. But Nick can't stay. The memories here haunt him. He's decided to leave. Go north. He shares one last goodbye to everyone he's met over the past years, and he departs, once again alone and on the road.
TLDR: After a brutal betrayal by Madison, Nick leaves Lawton. After a long time spent in the woods, he finds a new home: a peaceful commune. but realizing his mother will never stop searching for him, he rallies together the people of the commune and half of all the others. After betrayals, beheadings, and losses. The war is ended, and peace returns to the Colorado Communities. Nick decides to leave, and he's once again alone on the road.
THE END
I know that this was a long read, and I appreciate all of those who did. A few parts need work, but overall, this is a very rough draft for how I would have handled Fear.
Thanks to AI, attached are some admittedly rough designs for what our characters could have looked like in the later seasons:
Nick in season 6.
Nick on the road.
Alicia in Colorado.
An older Travis and Madison in one of the Pioneer's communities.
John Dorie at a snowy Lawton.