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URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/BlackHistory337-2026-2027-4-1339274920 CONTENT #BlackHistory337 is about the time between Black History Months, when many people including some Black people don't make an effort to emphasize Black History. A way to cover the rest of the year, the remaining 337 days between each 28. For this edition of Black337 we will speak of Black detectives. Remember to view my literature of a Black Detective, linked below in MONTHLY CONTENT. Do you have a Black Detective you enjoy? Please share a Black detective written in the great annals of Deviantart. VERY SHORT LIST OF BLACK DETECTIVES WRITTEN BY BLACK WRITERS IN LITERARY FICTION Easy Rawlins – Walter Mosley [ https://www.waltermosley.com/ ] Louise Lloyd – Nekesa Afia [ https://www.nekesaafia.com/ ] Tamara Hayle – Valerie Wilson Wesley [ https://valeriewilsonwesley.com/ ] Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson Chester Himes [ https://aalbc.com/authors/Chester-Himes ] Shaft [ played by Richard Roundtree in "Shaft" ] was written by Ernest Tidyman Parker based on the McClain character [ played by Jim Brown in "The Split" ] was written by Donald Westlake Alex Cross [portrayed by Morgan Freeman in "ALong Came A Spider"] is written by James Patterson The interesting thing about Black Detectives written by Blacks as opposed to Black Detectives written by whites is their tone. Black Detectives written by Blacks tend to have a larger level of pessimism to the environment, I think that reflects Black Authors , as Black people, larger pessimism or disbelief or negative views to the USA itself; as opposed to Whites in the USA who are historically more hopeful opportune advantaged in the USA. GALLERY MONTHLY CONTENT TITLE: A TRUTH IN THE SEA FROM : RICHARD MURRAY @HDdeviant https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/A-TRUTH-IN-THE-SEA-1339272554 A Literature A TRUTH IN THE SEATITLE: A TRUTH IN THE SEA SUBTITLE: A Marcus BLACK337 2026-2027 prior #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #1Mar 14, 2026 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #2Apr 1, 2026 #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #3May 1, 2026

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Heroes-of-Dungeons-n-Dragons-1337723923 CONTENT PLEASE NOTE TIMES TO SUBMIT TO GAIN PRIZES , if after time to submit to gain prizes the challenge is always open. Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on popular films and television shows 📽️📺 Ponder pop culture’s most perplexing puzzles as we prompt you to provide fans with a satisfying conclusion to cliffhangers and open-ended mysteries in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about worlds you know and love & you might just pick up some rewards along the way 🏅🏆 Dungeons and Dragons is the most well known juncture of literature/illustration/gameplay in all forms. It has many adventures made by Tactical Studies Rules and Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro or campaigns made by Dungeon Masters through time and space. One particular Dungeon Master had his adventure recorded in a documentary. The following is an edited version of the beginning of his game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHnsMKQJBDA Episode 1 to 3 https://youtu.be/-34TlmRULR8?si=RNYk_yVllDPmuv3K FULL LIST OF EPISODES https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfS8QgUdeGYo1KwYgbrWvEhMg9GTc1738 More information on Dungeon Masters documented adventure is below. Your task is to add to the scrolls of the adventure of the Heroes. In a comment below in 250 words or less, in your own words and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools, write a short fan fiction adding to the Dungeons and Dragons adventure of the Heroes. Educate the novice on their strategies or treasure findings, unveil lands full of mysticism or beauty they traveled to the masters keep to themselves, highlight the daring fun and humor in their journeys, or showcase whatever from their legendary journey you want. Where are the Heroes now?! Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiterature activity: All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions, and the group rules for CRLiterature; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed. Share your entry as a comment to this journal for reward considerations.    Only submit one (1) comment for this engagement that is your very best work; all entries must be original concepts and human-written, no AI-assisted entries are allowed and will be removed.      Comment with your entry by the end of the day on June 27th 2026 for rewards consideration for this activity. You must be a member of @CRLiterature for awards considerations. Joining the group is fast and free from the group homepage. entry must be 250 words or less Winners selected at the sole discretion of CRLiterature group admin; all decisions are final and non-negotiable. We will select three (3) winners by June 30th 2026 to receive the following rewards:: Each winner will receive 250 points and a quartz badge One of the three will receive a hype badge I can’t wait to see how you inform us all on Where Are They Now?! @HDdeviant MY EXAMPLE: Title: The Ride Of Your Life CONTENT Venger trapped the Heroes in the Maze of Doors. The doors forced the Heroes to disperse and Diana, the Acrobat, was eaten into a desert land. This was three days ago. Now after wandering in the desert, seemingly alone, she comes face to face with a sparkling horse, absent a shadow. She approached it and the horse spoke. It called itself, Majikili . It said it had been eaten by a door many years ago and brought to this desert. It continued to explain. Said it traveled many miles for a very long time. Diana pondered how to escape when a horse had gone farther already and found no exit. She pondered and pondered and realized maybe the exit wasn't a location but a state of being. So, she talked with the Majikili , and it told her where it came from, treasures and lands she never knew existed. But Diana never asked to ride Majikili and MAjikili never offered. But when a sandstorm was approaching them from a clear distance. MAjikili offered to allow Diana to ride him and when he did, a path led away from the sandstorm to a hall inside the Maze of Doors. And Diana plus Majikili were overjoyed. Now back in the maze, with Majikili's speed and Diana's staff they fended off the few doors they met or evaded large groups of doors, till Diana reached the other Heroes, each who had gained a friend from a world through a door. MY POST https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Ride-Of-Your-Life-1339286160 T Literature The Ride Of Your LifeTITLE: THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Venger trapped the IF YOU NEED FURTHER INSPIRATION OR INFORMATION CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING Ending Of The Animated Series in text https://web.archive.org/web/20110720142026/http://www.michaelreaves.com/pdf/requiem_sec.pdf in video [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsNHTnY6HQg ] Small Gallery of Deviations Wikis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(TV_series) PRIOR WHERE ARE THEY NOW's - the challenges are over, but the fun isn't. Give each a go and continue their stories with 250 words. Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2Jun 12, 2025 Where Are They Now: Salvadore - JawsJul 4, 2025 Where Are They Now: Farmer Ted - Sixteen CandlesAug 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Norma Rae - Norma RaeSep 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Ione Sykes - The GraveSep 17, 2025 WATN: Zero - A Nightmare Before ChristmasOct 8, 2025 WATN: Duckie - Pretty In PinkNov 6, 2025 WATN: The Unknown - Over The Garden WallDec 10, 2025 WATN: Charlie BrownJan 8, 2026 WATN: Danny and Sandy : GreaseFeb 2, 2026 WATN: Wall-EMar 5, 2026 Lost Episodes of Galaxy QuestApr 1, 2026 WATN: Alexander Johnson - GloryMay 1, 2026 #DandD #heroes #watn #wherearetheynow #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #DnD

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Chapter-2-Elaine-Ghostbusters-2-1290273848 CONTENT PLEASE NOTE WHO CAN PARTICIPATE AND DATES OF SUBMISSION OR STYLE OF SUBMISSION Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on popular films and television shows 📽️📺 Ponder pop culture’s most perplexing puzzles as we prompt you to provide fans with a satisfying conclusion to cliffhangers and open-ended mysteries in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about worlds you know and love & you might just pick up some rewards along the way 🏅🏆 WAIT A MINUTE ! Didn't we already learn where Elaine is now? yes and no. We learned a little more but not all. This is a special challenge for those who began chapter 1. The following is the contestants list with their entries, so they don't have to remember. @JgalDragonborn https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5219870556 @Srslynone https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5218789514 @LadyGrey1174 https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5218700771 @CharismaenigmaArt https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5218389887 @dave-llamaman https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5218056932 @nothoneybee https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5218044131 @donmcdonough https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5217980011 @dellcartoons https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5217903354 @poetOflore https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5217888483 @DrThomasStockmann https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1205470051/5217035905 For those who are mentioned above, in a comment below in 250 words or less, in your own words and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools, continue the short fiction you started . You can add your original comment but please mark where the entry for this challenge begins. Tell us more about Where Elaine Is Now?! Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiterature activity: All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions, and the group rules for CRLiterature; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed. Share your entry as a comment to this journal for reward considerations.    Only submit one (1) comment for this engagement that is your very best work; all entries must be original concepts and human-written, no AI-assisted entries are allowed and will be removed.      Comment with your entry by the end of the day on June 24th 2026 for rewards consideration for this activity. You must be a member of @CRLiterature for awards considerations. Joining the group is fast and free from the group homepage. Winners selected at the sole discretion of CRLiterature group admin; all decisions are final and non-negotiable. We will select three (3) winners by June 30th 2026 to receive the following rewards:: Each winner will receive 250 points and a quartz badge One of the three will receive a hype badge I can’t wait to see how you inform us all on Where Are They Now?! @HDdeviant MY EXAMPLE: CHAPTER 1 A deacon opens the door to the study of Father Hanno for a law enforcer. D: Will you need anything else, per the warrant? LE: No, and I promise to care... I am Opus Dei. The deacon exit and the law enforcer look about, take off their jacket, and peruse the diaries in the study. They take one out , sit down, search for a page, and read. February 14th 2025 Elaine Estrella confessed today, and it is all I can think about. A sudden relapse into her defensive delusions. I was saddened at the occurrence but was more afraid by her fearful voice. This alien wasn't some coercer into a bed chamber as in years past. She confessed to witnessing the hacking of bodies by this alien, of what I interpreted as diffuse light. And to see on the news this evening the finding of a body as Elaine described. God, I can't break the seal of confession and yet. What if Elaine is involved? I must speak to her as soon as possible. The law enforcer scrolls or turns pages accordingly. February 21st 2025 Another day, the seventh in a row, where all I can think about is the confession from Elaine Estrella. The police still haven't found any clues. Elaine hasn't come back to confess at her usual time. Her ex husband was found like the others. I hope she isn't dead. I hope the killer is found. I hope god can protect us all. https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Elaine-Now-1208602076 CHAPTER 2 The law enforcer turns the pages of the diary to a page unfinished. March 3rd 2025 Ever since I received that vision of light in Elaine's home I haven't been able to stay focused throughout one day. I never discern an image when I have the episodes of epiphany. But I can feel a spirit, an energy, that I can only deem is cosmic based on how I feel when I regain my normal sensorium. I have asked to see Sister Josephine in the con The law enforcer puts the diary down and grabs an envelope from his jacket. It has the escutcheon of a cardinal, as a broken wax seal. The law enforcer opens the envelope, and takes out the letter. Dear Detective Silo, I joined Saint Lucy's to gain better insight into my visions through study and meditations. While also protect my sight from the meddling and forces outside the quiet peace of the nunnery. Thinking of Elaine I see a kindred spirit who was unable to find peace with divine influence. But from what you said about her, she may have seen or been seen by something dangerous or deadly. I end this letter with a location, from where you can find the information you seek , which may lead you to Elaine or at least to a better comprehension of what she is experiencing. 1023 Castle Road at Thirteenth and East street God be with you, Sister Magda Post Script Please Be Careful MY POST https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-Is-Elaine-Now-part-2-1339330593 W Literature Where Is Elaine Now ? part 2The law enforcer turns the pages of the diary to a PRIOR WHERE ARE THEY NOW's - the challenges are over, but the fun isn't. Give each a go and continue their stories with 250 words. Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2Jun 12, 2025 Where Are They Now: Salvadore - JawsJul 4, 2025 Where Are They Now: Farmer Ted - Sixteen CandlesAug 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Norma Rae - Norma RaeSep 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Ione Sykes - The GraveSep 17, 2025 WATN: Zero - A Nightmare Before ChristmasOct 8, 2025 WATN: Duckie - Pretty In PinkNov 6, 2025 WATN: The Unknown - Over The Garden WallDec 10, 2025 WATN: Charlie BrownJan 8, 2026 WATN: Danny and Sandy : GreaseFeb 2, 2026 WATN: Wall-EMar 5, 2026 Lost Episodes of Galaxy QuestApr 1, 2026 WATN: Alexander Johnson - GloryMay 1, 2026 #elaine #ghostbusters2 #watn #wherearetheynow #watnc2 #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/The-Ride-Of-Your-Life-1339286160 CONTENT TITLE: THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Venger trapped the Heroes in the Maze of Doors. The doors forced the Heroes to disperse and Diana, the Acrobat, was eaten into a desert land. This was three days ago. Now after wandering in the desert, seemingly alone, she comes face to face with a sparkling horse, absent a shadow. She approached it and the horse spoke. It called itself, Majikili . It said it had been eaten by a door many years ago and brought to this desert. It continued to explain. Said it traveled many miles for a very long time. Diana pondered how to escape when a horse had gone farther already and found no exit. She pondered and pondered and realized maybe the exit wasn't a location but a state of being. So, she talked with the Majikili , and it told her where it came from, treasures and lands she never knew existed. But Diana never asked to ride Majikili and MAjikili never offered. But when a sandstorm was approaching them from a clear distance. MAjikili offered to allow Diana to ride him and when he did, a path led away from the sandstorm to a hall inside the Maze of Doors. And Diana plus Majikili were overjoyed. Now back in the maze, with Majikili's speed and Diana's staff they fended off the few doors they met or evaded large groups of doors, till Diana reached the other Heroes, each who had gained a friend from a world through a door. from Richard Murray @HDdeviant for ? Note: muuaji wa kivuli- killer of shadows For the WATN Heroes of Dungeons and Dragons of @CRLiterature ? Audio Series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios Ebook Series https://www.kobo.com/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Gallery of writing https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry CRliterature content https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/97552463/crliterature-content Tip Jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 #watn #dandd #diana #acrobat #hddeviant #crliterature #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/A-TRUTH-IN-THE-SEA-1339272554 CONTENT TITLE: A TRUTH IN THE SEA SUBTITLE: A Marcus Preacher tale AUTHOR: Richard Murray @HDdeviant STORY: Summer is the time of ice cream, roller skating, or fun at the beach. Everyone is looking to avoid baking in the heat, seeing disturbing illusions, succumbing to the frying frustrations. Thus, a child dead at the beach is an uninvited thing, but not unnatural. Adults can get killed by tide, and children since ancient times have always gone where they were told they shouldn't. So, I didn't drive to the hospital expecting a lead like at a cookout. I honestly wanted a reason to get the wind across my face for an extended time in a dry, smelting day. But what I got was a recipe for deadly delusion. Fanning myself, I entered the hospital and per a friend, who kindly informed me that Freddie Salazar saw the body already, saw the body. Her name was Fatima Branch, fourteen years old, champion swimmer at Harriet Tubman middle school. Now still in the eternal waters of death. My friend told me what they only told law enforcement, the young Branch didn't drown by being forced under. She had no marks across her body, she had no liquid elements to induce, or signs of inhalations to promote. By all accounts Fatima Branch kept herself under water. But why? I acquired the name of the parents to the deceased and the school young Fatima attended and after a phone book search called some potentials. Finally, I reached Veona Branch who was quick to hang up but informed me she had already talked to the police. Wanting to cool off more, I drove to the old slaughterhouse district, now a residence for municipal workers to churn out their lives with their families. P.S. 352 is like any urban school, whose neighborhood changed, it once had a choir, a mock trial team, a set of statewide science fair winners. But the trophies for modernity are bare, except for the swim team, and I could see the legend that was Fatima Branch. The security guard informed me that Harry Wecum is teaching some kids how to swim in the school pool. I traversed the halls of book reports, grading lists, photographs of children playing to reach coach Wecum. He was helping a child with their form when I approached. He told me Fatima was a good student, without turning. The harassment in the heat made him sensitive to questioners. I asked him more about her. Did she have any bullies? Was she a loner? How was her home life? Did she have any secrets you learned as a coach? he said no to all with the inner melancholy of a tell all book. I offered to see him again and he said to be at Jim's Pizza Parlor in an hour. I took that hour to knock on the Branch's. A male voice replied to go away. I pleaded I didn't think Fatima was crazy or bad and wanted to tell the positives in her life. The door opened and Mr. Branch spoke sharply, his posturing a clear message I wasn't getting in. "She loved to swim, she was loved, a prodigy, that will be on her gravestone" And Mr. Branch closed the door while I protested and pleaded. And off I went to wait at Jim's. I asked the pizzaman if he knew Fatima. He said she never came in. The pizza smelled good but the heat in the parlor was effervescent. Finally, coach Wecum came in. The coach ordered a slice. I asked him, did he and Fatima go here often? He said yes. And then I asked him, is there something he can tell me about Fatima that can shed light on her murder? He said she wasn't bullied, had a good set of friends, whom he named, from what he could tell her parents were very proud of her swimming ability. She did seem worried in the weeks before her death, but he didn't know why. I asked him about a pendant her father wore, seemed like a golden mermaid to me. He said he wasn't sure. He asked Fatima about it. She wore one as well, and she said it is an ancient water spirit, Tlanchana. The coach wasn't anymore help but I had something. I was happy to drive to the museum and caught Doctor Williams on her way home. I asked her if she knew of Tlanchana. She said it sounds Mesoamerican. But she would call me tonight. So I headed on home. A kid, great in the water, who believed in a water spirit, kept herself in the water to her death. Was it infatuation, love, or some sort of fear? Around nine p.m. the Doctor called. She told me Tlanchana is the name for a water goddess of the Purepecha people, great metalworkers, before the white Europeans came. She said her bottom half is serpent not fish and she is usually benevolent. She said Dr. John Thompson name came up continually on research, and also told me to be careful. She knows how I like to burn my nose. And I thanked her in a mature way, and went to bed... great child swimmer, Tlanchana, a watery rest, why? After a cold shower, the next morning, I quickly found and headed to the clinic of psychiatrist Doctor John Thompson. I repeatedly pondered why a psychiatrist was interested in a Mesoamerican mermaid. I didn't know the truth but the statue outside his practice, on the freshly cut lawn, is like the necklace worn by Mr. Branch. While large enough for me to notice Tlanchana's serpentine figure. I went inside and as I was asked to wait by the receptionist the pamphlets plus posters reveal the connection. Dr. Thompson's practice focuses on healing people from a fear of water, aquaphobia. But I am stuck. If the deceased Branch was afraid of water, why let herself die in it? If Thompson was who frightened her to stay in the water, what could he had gained? Thompson was very somber and assertive. But I immediately noticed his gold necklace. And asked did he know Fatima Branch. He told me he did and her parents. His tears seemed true. After a moment, he continued and explained that he is a psychologist for the healing of natophobia, the fear of swimming. Branch's parents and his other clients have an uncommon trait of natophobia, in their bloodline. I saw a shrine of candles through a window and asked what was it for. He said it is for the children of clients, now including Fatima. He added thousands die from drowning every year, it is rare but not unheard of. He admitted some of his clients have lost faith in his methods after Fatima's death. I asked him, did Fatima show signs of fear in the weeks before she died. He said no but I could tell he pondered himself. I didn't think he thought Fatima was murdered in the water either. I asked him about his methods and he said that was private to the clients. On the drive back to the newsroom, I tried to find a seam, to answer why Fatima let herself die in the water she loved so well. Psychiatrists, ancient deities, coaches, a unique community, maybe the psychiatrist tried an experiment gone wrong, maybe a secret from the coach is the key, or a relation, a teammate, or a member of the natophobes succeeded in some scheme for some reason. I needed more. In the office it was quiet for me. Ethel and Clay was working on another successful romantic column. A couple long dead in the city had left messages in jewelry about a tree that saved their community from eminent domain and real estate sharks. Santos was getting juicy insight on a telenovela. She learned that Divine Johnson is making a comeback in "My House Mi Casa" as Pearl Santiago, the Queen mother of the Christophe clan feigned her death in episode two hundred and eight and is coming back with a completed plan to return to her chair. While I, investigative reporter of the Renaissance News, sit unactive around the bustle. Malcolm didn't even find the time to chastise me with so much going for everybody else. And Mallory called, which proved how little he knew, hoping to get back into the game through me. And then the phone rang. Coach Wecum told me to come to a road aside a garage near while safely about the psychiatrist, at three a.m. I asked him why and he said he wanted proof he wasn't the cause of Fatima's death as law enforcement has been asking more and more questions about him, and by exposing the psychiatrist, the truth will be revealed. I had no other leads but I told him, I have an interview with Detective Todd Langer tomorrow morning which can help his cause. He was overjoyed. And I wrote the introduction to my column. After a little dinner with Santos, I headed to the meetup spot, taking the rocky roads to avoid the main. At least it was cool that night I kept my car locked and out of sight of the coach whom I watched sitting relatively still in his car, as I crept near. I could see he was jittering as I snuck aside him, and tapped his window. If only a photo of his reaction had value. He was surprised I came but said we will need to be careful and observe a ritual. I asked what kind of ritual. He said the ritual of Tlanchana. I told him, you lied about the necklace. He said, I didn't tell the police or anyone else what I know, some ancient ritual wouldn't be believed or would make people think I am crazy. I asked him what evidence will I see. He said evidence that Dr. Thompson and his patients, including the Branches, are doing experiments that led to Fatima's death. We walked to the clinic, under the moonlight, careful not to be seen and enter the backway through some bushes. I saw the Doctor, and a set of people, including the Branches; he was wearing a feathered headdress and directed his flock to the pool. The clients undressed and entered the pool, as I took photos. I couldn't say a bachelor wasn't happy with some of the sights but was worried as they seemed to live in the water. I asked the coach if Fatima ever showed this ability. He gave a convincing no with his nodding. Mermaids, people of the sea, in a suburb of the United States of America. What a story. I saw them under the water for an hour and a half. They all came out adjusted for the air and seemed overjoyed. During their underwear stay I asked the coach how he learned about this. He said he read a notebook of Fatima's which mentioned this a while back, saying her parents always did this on a full moon, like tonight. I pondered, maybe Fatima tried this away from the pool. That would explain her not coming up and make her parents or the doctor complicit but the sudden turn of behavior didn't have a cause. I told the coach, Detective Langer will definitely want to see this, which made the coach very happy. The coach said he needed to get back to the city, he has early morning preparations to do. I told him thanks and I will be alright. I wanted to stay and see. After a meal, and some prayers for the candles, the clients left and the Doctor was alone. I figured it was about time to head back when a car came back. Here we go. The Doctor seemed prepared and had a gun in his pocket. He opened the door for a woman, blond, middle aged. He gestured for her to sit in the lobby and she did and then he accused her of something and they argued. Between mermaids performing under the water and mermaids arguing outside of it, I have decent material. Whatever this woman told the doctor had him in shock. She leaves patient or confident. While I am confused. A dead champion child swimmer who never came up for air, the venerable Tlanchana, mermaids in modern times, a coach scared of being exposed, a rogue mermaid with a secret. I thought of what I learned going back to my car. In my foolishness, I didn't notice if the car was locked and just entered it. I sat down and someone clubbed me. Wobbly, I noticed one of two was the coach or the blond woman. I was tied up but I could talk now. I asked them what is going on. They both told me to shut up, while they dragged me to the sea. And I realized i was being taken to where Fatima died. The night tide was coming in heavy. The moonlight was visible as I held my breath unable to move. A reported in a few hours would be falsely reported as a news maker who knew of the Doctors practices and coerced Fatima Branch into a botched story absent anyone's knowledge. A murphy, a sap, me. All I could do was focus on the moonlight, and struggle against the ropes. Suddenly, I saw a snake like figure break the moonlight. A great tide came in. It knocked me out. When I woke up I was on the beach, alone. I had no idea of what happened to the coach or the blond woman. But the rope was severed. I took hours to get back to the car. Luckily they didn't take my money, so I was able to get a bus ride some of the way. I found my car where I left it and broke in. My camera was intact but I wondered. I checked everywhere in the car, my wallet, compartments, pockets, trunk, and I checked my journal and the camera. I had photos of Fatima Branch, I never made, naked. I had essays from her, she never gave to me. And it nearly all fit. A coach with an inappropriate relationship with a student, a child. A child of mermaids with one from her flock who had a role in her death. But she knew a secret so strong she couldn't be revealed. Sirens. Police sirens. Valentin creeping behind law enforcement, for the Concrete inquirer. I saw they were headed to the psychiatrist. I followed them in my car. Detective Langer came out a car and I parked and exited. I took all the planned material in a bag with me and refilled my camera, took my pad and exited. Langer saw me and was in shock, and said: "We've been looking for you, the coach came in and confessed to violating Branch, attempted murder of you and planting false evidence." I told him if he let me speak to the Doctor, and I will give you the planted material. The detective said: "only because you had a rough night, and the Doctor and you are only needed for questioning, five minutes. " I handed the bag and ran to the door of the clinic and reached it as the Doctor was opening it to leave. The detective gave the signal and the cops allowed me to push the Doctor back in. I locked the door and I told him, I saw the mermaids earlier that evening with the coach, and I saw him argue with a blond woman, who tried to kill me. The Doctor said the water was a perfluorochemical solution he made. It seemed to ease his patients being able to be free in the water. I asked, if you knew the blond woman had hurt Fatima, why didn't he go to the police earlier. He said, she knew the secrets of his practice. If she told, all of his patients plus him would go to jail. He accepted what he did but his clients are fearful and desperate people. And then I comprehended the truth behind the candles, and law enforcement knocked on the door. I was questioned and said all but my late conversation to the Doctor or the glimmer that is a foggy photo in my mind. Poor Fatima, harassed into a state of anxiety, believing her death was what the water spirit wanted. Fatima was a gift, the lone child who survived a cult of natophobes who wanted to be mermaids to alleviate their fears. And between a coach preying on her body plus mind, frightened to be exposed and a member of her cult, envious of Fatima's success with a candle for their own failure. The young swimmer was caught in a deadly delusion. Eventually, the body of Marilyn Cox was found washed up on shore. By then the coach, and all he saw of girls or goddesses, was in jail. The pseudo mermaids, including the Branch's had swum elsewhere, living in their deadly wet fears. But while Fatima was untouched in the water. Marillyn seemed to be crushed by a serpent. A benevolent spirit to the fearful, forgiving even of their sins, but to the treacherous, deadly. CHARACTER LIST Marcus Preacher- narrator, investigative reporter for Renaissance News Fatima Branch- goes to Harriet Tubman middle school Veona Branch - mother of Fatima Branch Harry Wecum - swimming teacher at P.S. 352 Mr. Branch- father of Fatima Branch Doctor Williams- friend of Marcus Preacher Tlanchana- Mesoamerican water goddess of the Purepecha people Dr John Thompson - psychiatrist of natophobes, trying to cure them of natophobia Ethel and Clay- romantic columnist for the Renaissance News, a couple Santos- female reporter for entertainment news, Renaissance News Malcolm- head of the newsroom, Editor of Renaissance News Detective Todd Langer- local cop, knows Preacher Marillyn Cox- Woman, blond, middle aged, natophobe Valentine | Pianist and photographer for a local newspaper (favorite piano piece III. 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URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-Is-Elaine-Now-part-2-1339330593 CONTENT The law enforcer turns the pages of the diary to a page unfinished. March 3rd 2025 Ever since I received that vision of light in Elaine's home I haven't been able to stay focused throughout one day. I never discern an image when I have the episodes of epiphany. But I can feel a spirit, an energy, that I can only deem is cosmic based on how I feel when I regain my normal sensorium. I have asked to see Sister Josephine in the con The law enforcer puts the diary down and grabs an envelope from his jacket. It has the escutcheon of a cardinal, as a broken wax seal. The law enforcer opens the envelope, and takes out the letter. Dear Detective Silo, I joined Saint Lucy's to gain better insight into my visions through study and meditations. While also protect my sight from the meddling and forces outside the quiet peace of the nunnery. Thinking of Elaine I see a kindred spirit who was unable to find peace with divine influence. But from what you said about her, she may have seen or been seen by something dangerous or deadly. I end this letter with a location, from where you can find the information you seek , which may lead you to Elaine or at least to a better comprehension of what she is experiencing. 1023 Castle Road at Thirteenth and East street God be with you, Sister Magda Post Script Please Be Careful for WATN Chapter 2: Elaine Ghostbusters 2 ? NOTES escutcheon - a coat of arms for a roman catholic cardinal name for nameless in the bible [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_names_for_the_biblical_nameless ] Saint Lucy of Syracuse - patron saint of the eyes for roman catholics For WATN Chapter 2: Elaine Ghosbusters 2 @CRLiterature ? My Work Audio Series https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/richard-murray-tip-jar-audios Ebook Series https://www.kobo.com/series/richard-murray-short-story-collection Gallery of writing https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry CRliterature content https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/97552463/crliterature-content Tip Jar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 #elaine #ghostbusters2 #watn #wherearetheynow #watnc2 #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

Queried in this post https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/ MY ANSWER I will answer how I feel about some Black intellectuals already mentioned in the comments. James Baldwin- I love his cutting honesty, from himself or to others. He admitted that he was unhappy in the usa in a complete way. and he admitted he returned to the usa when he saw the usa was extended everywhere outside. He didn't call usa home de facto cause he was born here, which so many Black DOSers say stupidly. Our forebears were enslaved , adult to children, don't tell me the usa is home to black children living in utter hell who were forced here. They need to choose the usa as home, it isn't de facto. Baldwin admitted something I rarely hear any black person admit to. That all/most of the black elders around him hated white people. Even today so many black DOSers seem to be apologist for black dislike of whites as if whites didn't earn this. I love the fact that he was off camera vibrantly homosexual. So many black DOSers hide their true selves their whole lives. Many Black militants who want to kill whites hide their whole lives in the usa, it is silly. Many Black whitephiles who dislike other black people for being black hide their whole lives in the usa, , acting like they like being around other black people, it is silly. Baldwin was very honest. Angela Davis- I like that she is a survivor. and embraces that the battle has to be continued by the next generation. It isn't up for one person to be the leader and be at the frong forever and if the next generations aren't willing , then the results will be what they will be. I will never Farrakhan- is a good reader of the environment, he recognized black men across the usa was looking for guidance, but sadly he wasted the opportunity to guide and instead convinced the black men of what they don't like about the usa. url https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/#findComment-81681 MY ANSWER NOT GIVEN hmmm My favorite black intellectual? Well, how do I define a black intellectual? how do I define someone as black? how do I define an intellectual? Black is a word which can designate a phenotypical race. A phenotypical race is a collection of people who exist within a range of physical features. An intellectual is any human who uses their intellect and displays to another. this includes all humanity. A black intellectual is any black person. Who are my favorite black intellectuals? Black intellectuals i favor, i prefer for some reason. What are the reasons I will favor an intellectual? most potent in my rearing, a black intellectual who has a huge role the way in my mental development, the intellectuals about children are important. aligns to my thinking, intellectuals that i have the most congruence with from my own intellect. Who are the Black Intellectuals I favor based on the reasons stated? My parents. Two mahogany skinned black people. One male, One female, communicated about all sorts of issues, had opposing positions but never went to blows, could accept unresolved differences of opinion absent the need to proseltyize/preach, both liked to learn and listen to all black or non black. They showed me how varied being black is. They knew all about black history from around the earth, it wasn't just about the usa, and they lived thrugh the 1900s in such a way, they knew the truth about alot of black history in the usa in the 1900s, that many black people have been lied to about, even by other black people. And they also made sure i had something that too too few black people have,a truly positive black environment. As a child I not only had a loving home, but 99% of my neighbors were black people who were positive themselves, the most local businesses were all black owned, my public schools were all black administered, 99% being all. So i grew up surrounded by black positivity. Which sadly, is something too few black people are raised around anywhere on earth. When I look at my youth the biggest opponent to happiness was the nypd and the larger harlem and the larger manhattan and the larger NYC. So I enjoyed not only their intellect but the intellectual environment they provided for me. Said environment being a rarity among black folk, not just the apartment or house, but the larger immediate community was positive. In this very forum i have read so many black people talk about their local community as dangerous and various forms or levels of negativity, it is sad but I am thankful to my parents as black intellectuals for comprehending how important it is for black children to be around black positivity, not merely in the home but outside it in the near locale. Many black intellectuals are well known, like dubois or douglass or nkrumah or others. But the ones that are closest aligned to my thinking are...Marcus Garvey , Jean JAcques Dessalines, Brother Malcolm. Garvey through his comprehension of what home is for black descended of enslaved or other black people when it comes to the non black . Dessalines because he comprehended the truth about black descended of enslaved people in the american continent,we are unique peoples and don't have to mirror or match others in the american continent, none of whom are similar. Malcolm because he literally engineered the nation of islam and didn't use the nation of islam for profit, he showed alegendary quality of leadership to a peoples who have no money, true advocacy. 05302026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/#findComment-81703 @Troy i have said before in this very forum many many times, i am stateless, from my view. I know the legal standing i have by the white country I live in, but I have my own position to myself. @aka Contrarian Interesting point , if we are all honest, most black people have only ever complained about the usa or the english colonies preceding it, cause most black people were unhappy in the usa or the english colonies that preceded at as an environment. But well said, most white people say they love the usa , not just that it is their home, and that love is based on opportunities and betterment not just for themselves but their community, which was born by any means necessary. The black people who call the usa home have never been able to call the sua a land of opportunity or betterment for the black masses, maybe for themsleves, but never for a majority of black people like whites, this the complaint heritage you speak of and allude to through troy and others prose. Well said. and yes, black unity in the usa has always been elusive and i think complicated because black people don't have a unfiied relationship to the usa. all whites, can say their forebears came here willingly, for better or worse. but all blacks can't say that and time can't change that. What a question on WEB DUbois. I don't know. It is a great thought experiment. The problem is DUbois died unlike his heyday. He was arguably a garveyite in his final years who was used as a tool by whites to get garvey out the usa when younger so... Dubois is tough. I think to the point you mentioned, Dubois would dislike the modern complaint culture in the black populace in usa , simply because black people have been doing it for 250 years, alongside, trying everything from elected officials to starting businessess and never able to really get the majority of black people in a positive place. Good enigmatic quesiton. I don't know what tribe dubois would be in modernity. It is funny, the creation of the constitution holds the problem to categorization in the usa. The constitution seems to only suggest the human race, but the reality of the usa by the very person who wrote it is against that notion. And even though I know people of all racial types [phenotype/age/religion/or others ]who are done with categorizing , like yourself, i also know people who are proud categorizers of all said racial types as well... Maybe the answer is for a country to start one day that doesn't merely have the words of the constitution but is peopled by people who actually believe in unbiased humanity, a kind of universal individualism. I saw a thing called asian 30 or something like that, and an actor, indian /of india descent. he said, i quote, he knows there are many in the usa who will never consider him american. Andh here is someone whose parents willingly came to the usa, has earned millions in hollywood, and admits that no matter what he does, there are those who will never consider the usa his home. I think it sums up the challenges of the future at least. In my head maybe the states identity has to return,... before the war between the states people in the usa considered themselves of the states they lived in , not american. So, maybe that will return. @ProfD I fortunately plus unfortunately have traveled quite a bit and i know modern haiti isn't for me, I know too many haitians, even if modern haiti were to turn around financially,, turn around greatly, it isn't for me. But I would be very happy for the legacy of the Haiti of yore. 05/30/2026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/#findComment-81723 @Troy I am not going to answer your question outside of the following. I am stateless and think what you will @aka Contrarian like the romani in europe, the okinawans in japan,the nuba in egypt/kemet, many peoples spend so long abused by a larger populace, more potent group that their being dominated becomes a heritage. What Pioneer said led me to realize the key to when this happened, was 1865. From 1492 to 1865 no black person could say the usa was better than canada or mexico , either they were equal to the usa, Or after england banned enslavement or mexico banned enslavement ala jonas caballo, both canada or mexico made slavery illegal while slavery was still legal in the usa. Then from 1865 to 1980 the black wife was still shackled by the white mate, but he spent time explaining why she was enslaved/ alal the prison system + sharecropping+ absent government funding for anything. But in the 1865 time, before and after was key. As henry louis gates jr admited, the black church pondered whether to use violence or nonviolence. I am still trying to find out this meeting and vote, but from what he says, by one vote, nonviolence won and , i argue the rest is history. Pioneer says what country is better, but while modernity, 2026 can argue the usa is better, in the 1800s, the usa wasn't better for black people than any other country. So black leaders embracing the usa as a home was not based on laws or finance, but hope or faith. And sadly, black people, the black wife, paid for that gamble with modernity, consequences. @Pioneer1 thankyou for your prose, You expose a key point in black history in the usa, and how black people are to blame for the current condition en large in the usa. I think aka is correct. as Nina Simone said, black people are willing to march but not willing to die, she blamed malcolm/martin and others death on black people in the usa, saying they are willing to march but not die but you expose the source of that choice and it isn't whites but black people in the past. 05302026 MY ENLARGED @Troy I said I am stateless, whatever you are thinking, please think it. but the only answer i give to your query is i am stateless, as I comprehend being stateless. @aka Contrarian In the usa, from 1492 to 1865 it was because the white mate had the black wife chained/enslaved. A wife by force of male arms , chained to the bed, she can't go anywhere. From 1865 to 1980 was a critical time. That time dictated the wife today. From 1865 to 1965 the white mate kept the chain on by force of arms but made up rules justifying it to the mate. From 1965 to 1980, the white mate had kept the black wife chained so long, he started to let her off the chain but the years on the chain did their work. Many abused women after enough time accept the abuse without being policed or forced in the house. From 1980 to 2026/modernity your description is a good summary for blacks in the usa , simply because, from 1492 to 2026 the usa has been a terror for 95% of black people by no fault of their own while a fault of the environment of the usa or the european colonies that precede it that are white controlled. If you look at okinawans / the romani or gypsies, many peoples on earth who have been enslaved to a more dominant populace for centuries , no longer need to be cghained to remain in the house so to speak. Look at NAtive Americans in the usa . No people are more stateless or abused than native americans in the usa. Most people in the usa literally go to school hearing how native americans were in these lands beofre anyone else and were opposed to the european colonies or the usa in majority and yet, most people act like the native american was praying for the constitution and amultiracial society of peoples from around the world. so... it happens. James Forten , again, he fought alongside george washignton, ablack business owner, who could not be ignorant that 99% of black people in the usa were enslaved, and would still be enslaved if the usa was created. And yet, he fought for the creation of the usa. so.. IF anything part of the wife's problem is a part of her body, a small part but very influential to her body, yearns to be controlled by her mate. @Pioneer1 You know what is sad, and I wonder @aka Contrarian thoughts to the following... Before the war between the states, started, Frederick Douglass and HArriet Tubman had a schism/problem. HArriet Tubman wanted Black people to go as far away from the usa as possible, to the then, frozen north of canada. But Douglass wanted black people to stay in the usa. Now, comprehend this is before the war between the states. so Frederick Douglass literally wants black people to stay in a country where they are legally enslaved and not go to a country where they would not be legally enslaved. Why am I saying this? First thank you for getting me to think on this. But, beyond that, you always talk about better options, but the Black people like frederick Douglass who publicly admitted, he didn't want black people freed from slavery in the usa to leave to canada or haiti or mexico or anywhere, even though he knew in haiti or canada or mexico for whatever poverty black freed people would face, , they would be legally free. I think in cheap retrospect, it answers Aka Contrarians point about the abused wife. At the end of the day, in the 1800s white people in the usa, didn't want black people to leave. and all the leaders who supported staying in the usa in an integrated, and sequentially abusable way to whites: douglass/dubois the younger/booker t /ida b wells were supported by whites, and those who advocated leaving: garvey or segregation exodusters were hindered by whites to destroy their movements. But, it leads to the truth, black leaders who supported black people remaining in the usa in the critical time circa 1865 , aided by whites, were able to get the largrer black populace to stay put even though in the 1800s no black person could argue betterment in the usa over canada or mexico or haiti or really anywhere else. Yes, in modernity , 2026 , an argument can be made, but the black populace of today, reached today because in the past we didn't do what harriet tubman suggested and leave as much as possible outside the usa. And yes, she died in the usa, but she was an old woman whose family had chosen to settle in the usa, so she did. But, yeah, you and many black people always speak of bette roptions but even when better options were available, in the late 1800s, black people advocated for staying in the usa. The wife had an idea in her head absent merit but supported by the husband, that the house of the abusive white husband was no better than the neighbors even when the neighbors actually didn't have chains for her. And, again, no one today can go back in the past, no one can. The past can not be changed. bUT again, the assessment of the past is wrong by many black people. Black leadership simply failed Pioneer at a critical stage, late 1800s. I can use other peoples as my example. The taiwanese real problem is chang kai check, fled to formosa, and instead of making a path to truly unite with head bowed to mao's china, he set up the idea that taiwan was the true continuity of china, even though he himself knew, that not to be true. Negative leadership has massive consequences for any people. When I look at the jucnture of africa/asia/europe, the middle east, i sea a horde of bad leaderhsip from external + internal agents. People long dead but the influence of what they did lingers. Black people in the usa are living with the consequences of the choices of black leaderhsip in the mid to late 1800s. So yes, arguably, Black DOSers have no better option financially , than the usa. in 2026, but better options existed in the past and black leaders, with white support, successfully made blacks en large choose wrong. Thank you and Aka contrarian. Going forward, I think as someone said in this forum, i forget who and paraphrase , that the modern black immigrant is the future of the black populace in the usa. In cheap retrospect i concur, because, Black DOSers are in a trap of their own making. Black DOS leaders, not all, but most, gambled our populace on the USA being something it will never be, being something black DOSers are willing to wait happily for, or work through all walls to reach. They chose poorly. But the modern black immigrants approach the usa as the whites and most others, a people who have never been enslaved, and willingly come to the usa. As the black populace mixes in itself, DOSers side modern immigrants and other blacks, it will create the change. So all will be well, it will take time. and Blacl DOS heritage in the usa will combine with black modern immigrant to make a new black culture in the usa that will suit the usa better. 05312026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/#findComment-81728 @ProfD Since you don't know all I can say is, keep that truth and the rest of your views. All I will say is I know and I differ. 05312026 EXTENDED COMMENT @ProfD Black people in the 1800s knew of canada through simple communication as human beings, people gossip, even the enslaved, who were denied the right to write or read could still talk and overheard and gossiped and whispered. Again the one constant between black people who call the usa home is how most keep all their viewpoints of everythingt o justify their position in any way possible, like they are trying to convince it through.

The song was produced by Rob Base, DJ E-Z Rock, and William Hamilton and built around the Think break sample and other elements from Lyn Collins' 1972 song "Think (About It)." Rhonda Parris was brought in by Profile Records to sing the hook. video https://youtu.be/phOW-CZJWT0?si=7HGpgSzfprK6NAJz LYRICS Right about now, you're about to be possessed By the sounds of MC Rob Base and DJ, EZ Rock It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight I wanna rock right now I'm Rob Base and I came to get down I'm not internationally known But I'm known to rock the microphone Because I get stupid, I mean outrageous Stay away from me if you're contagious 'Cause I'm the winner, no, I'm not a loser To be an M.C. is what I choose-a Ladies love me, girls adore me I mean even the ones who never saw me Like the way that I rhyme at a show The reason why, man, I don't know So let's go, 'cause It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight My name is Rob, I gotta real funky concept Listen up, 'cause I'm gonna keep you in step I got an idea that I wanna share You don't like it? So what, I don't care I'm number one, do you know, I like comp Bring all the suckers 'cause all them I'll stomp Bold and black, but I won't protect All of my followers 'cause all I want is respect I'm not a doctor, put them in rapture A slick brother that can easy outfox ya 'Cause I'm Rob, the last name Base, yeah And on the mic, I'm known to be the freshest So let's start, it shouldn't be too hard I'm not a sucker, so I don't need a bodyguard I won't fess, wear a bulletproof vest Don't smoke Buddha, can't stand sex, yes It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight The situation that the Base is in I'm kinda stingy that's why I don't wanna lend A funky rhyme to a foe or a good friend But listen up 'cause I want you to comprehend 'Cause I'm the leader, the man superior I take care of ya and then ya get wearier So just sit, my rhymes are not counterfeit The record sells which makes this one a hit It won't hurt to listen to Red Alert Take off your shirt Make sure it don't hit the dirt I like the kids; the guys, the girls I want the ducats 'cause this is Rob Base's world I'm on a mission, ya better just listen To my rhymes 'cause I'm all about dissin', 'cause It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight (hit it) I stand alone, don't need anyone 'Cause I'm Rob, just came to have fun Don't need friends that act like foes 'Cause I'm Rob Base, the one who knows About things that make ya get weary Don't cheer me, just hear me Out 'cause I got the clout, shout (ho!) Before I turn the party out I won't stutter Project my voice, speak clearly So you can be my choice On stage or on record Go to the Wiz and select it Take it off the rack, if it's wack put it back I like the Whopper, f- the Big Mac If you want static, so let's go So, throw up your hands Go for what you know Bro', I got an ego Yo, talkin' to me? No, oh 'Cause Rob is in the front, EZ Rock is on the back-up We're not soft, so you better just slack up 'Cause I'm cool, calm just like a breeze Rock the mic' with the help of EZ Rock on the set, the music plays Only cuts the records that I say It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight All right, now, EZ Rock Now, when I count to three I want you to get busy You ready now? One, two, three, get loose now! It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make a thing It takes two It takes two It takes two to make a thing It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make It takes two to make Songwriters: James Brown, Robert Ginyard Jr.. DJ EZ Rock, Rob Base Think (about it) source material Sung by Lyn Collins Written by JAmes Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(About_It) Rhonda Parris is the voice on the record, not Lyn Collins https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/648850102/the-voice-behind-one-of-hip-hops-most-famous-hooks Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCByeJsq65M LYRICS Hey, fellas I'm talking to you, you and you too Do you guys know who I'm talking to? Those of you who go out and stay Out all night and half the next day And expect us to be home When you get there But let me tell you something The sisters are not going for that no more 'Cause we realize two things That you aren't doing anything for us We can better do by ourselves So from now on, we gonna use What we got to get what we want So, you'd better think, think Now's the time when we have respect That's the thing I never will forget Now baby, I got a lot to live And a whole lotta loving That a woman could give, yeah But before I give it up, I gotta think, think What the future holds for me Is too far ahead to see I don't need no heartache I can't stand no misery Let me think, think It takes two to make a thing go right It takes two to make it outta sight All right, yeah Don't say it's easy Know it can be rough Just plain living Sometimes it's kinda tough If it's not in your vision Don't make no decision Hey, yeah, all right So, I'm laying my cards on the table When it comes to taking care of me I know I'm able You may not call it true But I won't do nothing that you won't do Said I won't do nothing that you won't do So think about the good things Come on and think about the right things You got to think about me too Come on and think, think about you Come on and think about the good things Come on and think about the right things Come on and think about me too Songwriters: James Brown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Takes_Two_(Rob_Base_%26_DJ_E-Z_Rock_song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Base_%26_DJ_E-Z_Rock

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The problem with perception is how important it is financially. If you are black in the usa and you view the black populace in the usa as home, then regardless of the condition of the home, you expect a path to excellence, but here lies the problem, Fiscal activity in an antagonistic environment toward you while supportive to others isn't equal so embracing said place as home is like accepting a prison as a home. How is living in prison financially wise? URL https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12748-made-in-china-why-is-it-considered-usa-adversary/#findComment-81602 MY COMMENT @Troy this is a lie, i am fortunate enough to communicate to chinese who live in china, tiktok and the greater social emdia is very popular there, you like many others forget, china has near two billion people. yes, a section of those people are all engineers, in the same way a section of northern italy is the most technologically advanced community on earth in the same way, a section of populace in the usa is very educated... but the majority is not the minority in any country, this extends to brasil, india, russia, all countries today from the fiscal poorest like a somalia or hait rto the wealthiest like a sweden china usa monaco have a majority that is poor and not as positive compared to aminority that is advantageous and has alot f positive metrics. who is WE ? are native americans in the usa a part of WE? are black descended of enslaved people who have been in an unhappy antagonist environment their entire lives, whose parents and parents parents and parents ^3 and parents ^4 and parents ^5 and parents ^6 who lived their entire lives in an unhappy antagonist environment a part of WE in the past or currently? I comprehend the black people in the usa or english colonies that preceded it for their views, the JAmes Forten disease. James Foten, Clarence Thomas, Yourself Troy, Frederick Douglass all @ProfD all have this USA is home view points, regardless of the condition of a majority of black people in modernity or historically, for all of you, the usa is home and regardless of how many other black people oppose that view or their reasoning you keep making public Declarations of unity for the black populace in the usa with the only view forward being a hope that one day it will be functionally true. Profd your being too short. the gaslighting is global. during the war bettween ussr + usa, people in the ussr saw photos of new york city's downtown manhattan and said that is the usa. they didn't see the whole regions of the south without running water.. People in africa to this day still run to france, but don't realize the banliues of the big cities like paris are run down and decrepit n different than the slums of lagos or joberg. all the countries are crap: usa/russia/china/england/japan and all other countries including israel/haiti/iran/ singapore.. all countires today have a majority of mostly fiscally poor unhappy people in an antagonist environment that are lorded by a fiscally potent , militaristically dominant minority. the only difference between the minrorities is who can be the bigger bully. COMMENTARY AFTER 05242026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12748-made-in-china-why-is-it-considered-usa-adversary/#findComment-81610 @ProfD war is ridiculous? no... peace side war will always exist, neither is good or bad, either take infinite forms, and neither ever end. based on your logic every prisoner in a prison should be trying to escape. Doing something to attempt to force change does not deny the quality of environment warrants a negative critique. it is natural for all species, all children of earth to be fruitful and multiply no matter the environment, to restate, being fruitful or multiplying has no relationship to the quality of environment, humans ... all species/children of earth will do that as long as they exist. no it isn't , a sport, whether chess or basketball, by default, never has the consequences or prosequences that war or peace has. 05262026 https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/738-who-is-we-and-the-international-parity/?tab=comments#findComment-17 Nothing is eating at me. In the forum I have always said the black populace in the usa is a collection of tribes, disimilar from each other , which is a heritage, what is carreid from the very infancy of the usa. James Forten was a business owner, black, fought alongside whites colonist who aided or abetted in the enslavement of black people , to initialize the usa. Harry Wahsington was enslaved to george washington, James Forten's general and leader, and fought against the creation of the USA and lef tto Nova Scotia and then to Sierra Leone. The ninety percent of black people enslaved to white colonists who remained enslaved after the usa was initialized. who i am 100% certain hated whites and the usa as James BAldwin admitted to his father, who retained said black folsk dislike of whites and dislike of the usa or absent desire to be part of the usa, . I paraphrase, my father never once spoke ill or attacked a white man and hated white people to the bone to the day he died. And Frederick Douglass, Clarence Thomas, Michelle Obama, Clarence Williams, STanley Couch , You , Michael Jordan are all in the spirit of James Forten. That is ok. No crime, but I must admit that there is no WE in the black populace in the usa, and never was, and i think it is important, because it is the truth. And i think the truth is always warranted. 05252026 MY ENLARGED THOUGHT From what I have seen of Douyin, I don't see it as different, same service, there are creators and interesting people but there are also influencers and conspiracy folk and various other neagtive online agents on there. I don't see any difference. Tiktok is merely a continuation of DOuyin. all websites with a global structure have aregional customizations. Nothing is eating me, it is simply a truth of the populace of Black people in the usa whose forebears were enslaved. in the usa or the english colonies that preceded it. You, frederick Douglass, clarence thomas, James Forten, millions of other black people are not mirrors to each other, but you all share a few traits all of you are in the usa because your person or your forebears were forced to these lands by whites as british colonies or the usa itself. all of you have chosen to view the usa as your home regardless of the condition of the majority, the most, of black people in the usa or the english colonies that preceded it , in which said condition is hell by white terror. all of you reject in some form or fashion any black descended of enslaved philosophy that doesn't match your allegiance to the usa : forten rejected by arms the anti white colonist position of black people enslaved to whites or black people who fought against white colonist fighting aside white europeans , each against the idea of the usa , Frederick Douglass or Clarence Thomas or You , Troy, reject by prose the Black people who through their actions or words are stateless while living in the usa. All three of you and the many other blacks like you, suggest any black person in the usa that doesn't claim the usa as home as false in their thinking. You may find it an insult to be philosophically aligned to Clarence thomas in parts, but you are. And both of you are aligned to frederick douglass. Forten literally shed blood the white colonist who enslaved nearly all the black people who fought alongside said white colonist ot make the usa begin. That's you TROY! Frederick Douglass spoke ill of the exodusters because these are black people who would never trust whites, spoke ill in various tones or strengths of black peole who fled to jamaica/haiti/ anywhere they could to get as far away from the usa or the whites of the usa. That is you TROY! Clarence Thomas calls the usa home and regardless of the condition of black people does so. That is you TROY! and many others. I am not criminalizing you Troy, you may think I am. I mention James Forten to explain that Black people who call the usa home have always existed these two hundred and fifty years or more. My point is that Black people who don't call the usa or the english colonies it came form home have existed just as long. The two heritages are of a people who never wanted to be in these lands of the FIRST peoples, commonly called native americans. But the two heritages the two tribes can never be a WE. and the use of that word WE is the problem. James Forten wasn't in a WE with Stephen Bluke. Frederick Douglass wasn't in a WE with MArcus Garvey. Garvey was never jamaican. he left jamaica because it wasn't a home. He told black people to leave the usa cause it isn't a home. Home for Garvey is the correct definition. Home isn't a place where you live. If that is the case, a prison is a home. The slave plantation is a prison for Black people. the sharecropped land is a prison. Black urban regions are prisons. Garvey saw home not as a place that needed to be changed, but a place that loves you without you needing to do a thing. This is why so few children have a home, they live in a residence with their parents, but too few children in humanity are home. Home don't need to be improved. Home don't need to be changed. Garvey comprehended this But Forten, Douglass, Clarence Tomans, you, all feel home is a place that needs to be worked on to be bettered. so for all of you , home can be a prison, a hell hole, but by you living there it is home. Ok, I don't mind. Again, James Forten to me is the patron saint of the black statian, the black person whose forebears were enslaved who calls the USA home. a business man through all the uneven of negatively biased challenges setup by whites, a peaceful integrationist to whites, which is mandatory, embracing the usa at its very infancy even though he knew most black people hated the whites in these lands and hated these lands. But that is allegiance, that is devotion, that is claiming the usa for oneself as a Black DOSer. OK, but no WE exist in the black populace. And with the coming of the willing black immigrant of modernity in huge numbers it is to your tribe in the villages advantage even. As a female member of the forum once said, she likes the black immigrants, and it makes perfect sense to me. Whereas many, historically most, Black DOSers will always be anti white + anti usa, black immigrants in modernity have chosen to come to the usa. they have nothing they can complain about. All DOSers including even James Forten can always say, I didn't want to be here, because our forebears were forced to these lands and time will never change that. You see my position as insult. I simply see a proper labeling of the collective condition of the black populace in the usa which I argue is needed. I think too few black children... in all humanity in all earnest, but i will stick to the usa, are not told the truths that black adults know. The UA has always been anti black. I can't recall how many black adults admit this, even to black children. yes JAmes Forten's have always existed, but the majorty of black peple enslaved has too. Tell black children they will have to embrace the usa to change it, but explain to them what that means, that means embracing whites, which they may not want to do. Explain to black children that the black populace of the usa is full of so many different typs of black people that it is not simple gathering us together because we don't want the same things. I have never liked the usa, or embraced it as a home, it has never been a home. My interactions with law enforcement alone is enought o prove that. But, while I have my own plans and ways, I am not a prosyletizer. I am not looking for people to join me. The black people i know, some personally , others as personal acquaintance, who left the usa to live in various parts of the caribbean, south america, france, africa, prove that many more black DOSers I dont't know make the journey away from the usa. Some find a home. Some simply settle for another place to lay their head that isn't a home. But, black people are not a WE 05082026 https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/738-who-is-we-and-the-international-parity/?tab=comments#findComment-19 @Troy I didn't ignore your words, but i have nothing to say on that. I am not here to proselytize . I despise proselytizers. That issue is at the simple point of you have your source of information and I have mine. You have stated your conclusion to what you know, I stated mine. what more is there to say? I can't think of anything. I am not interested in changing your mind. so... if you want to call my muteness on that topic being ignorant, that is your choice, but I can accept when nothing can be said anymore by me. I don't always, but i do sometimes. I do think all of said people in said list, have a common speech/position regardless of the variousness in other thinkings. It is a conflation as all of said folk in my view, share a common idea. and an idea that matters in the larger context of the black populace in the usa or the european colonies that preceded it. what does it mean to be human? well ok, I comprehend your position. I can say that 100% 05282026 Who is We? and the International Parity - RMCommunityCalendar - African American Literature Book Club @Troy a liar isn't based on deliberation, it is based on function. A liar is someone who lies whether they intend to or not. It interesting that you think a liar is only one who wants to deceive . As for what you keep linking to , I refute that as evidence of change between douyin and tiktok . But I am not in the mood to explain. You believe what you want, and I am not interested in changing your mind to anything. And lastly , there is no need for sorry for I was not rude, i was truthful and the truth hasn't changed. it isn't false, i explained how you are all the same and it is the truth. You may dislike or oppose it, but it is the truth . And nothing has disproven it. All of you have shared the same prose that proves what aspect of each of you is the same. But again, I am not interested in proselytizing. You reject it, ok. No problem, but there is nothing to talk about IT isn't a disagreement. I never said any of you or those like you from the past or in the future don't have the right to call the usa home. My point is those who don't call the usa home whose forebears have been enslaved have always existed , like me, as well, and have as equal a right to their position. And as said two groups have a deep problem historically in making a collective action by blacks, it is problematic that black people like you keep saying things like the following land stronger, again, that is the language of proselytization. My arugment is the truth, it isn't about changing minds or landing stronger or proving to those who disagree/dislike it . that is what you think, interesting. Again, black people like you who call the usa their home from james forten to you to those in the future, keep suggesting black people who don't have some ignorance or dysfunctional position. No nation/country or government started exists absent the complete plethora of human life, which range from the most positive to the most negative. This is about calling a place home. this isn't about the existence or nonexistence of strife , which in my mind has nothing to do with calling a place home. Not australia.

For me , no character of fiction is locked into one way, imagination gives any artist the chance to find a way to change any character, because your imagination allows you to make yur own version of any character. Will your version be financially successful... I don't know, financial success in the arts is not an exact science. When Toulouse LAutrec made money with his art when alive but more came later in appreciation. Jean Michel Basquiat made money but died giving his art away for free , now decades later art he gave away for free near the time of this death that the art market suggested had little to no financial value is now worth millions each. Fragonard was very successful with his adult themed paintings when alive but after his death was cast out only until late 1900s and beyond gave his work more appreciation. so... the ability to regale isn't set ins tone, it isn't a matter of work rate, audiences, viewers, customers, the public have the right to simply not like your work today and love it tomorrow or love your work today or hate it tomorrow. But I do think artistic objectives can be achieved in manipulating any story to a particular theme or style. STeven Barnes made a post about John Carter of Mars by Disney and made the following comments , the first the initial reply and the others temporally in sequence to replies to mine. LINK the shadow/the phantom/john carter / tintin I think a long list of films exist that aren't bad but the film going customer needed a preview. Marvel + DC + harry potter+ Twilight + Dune+Lord of the rings all had tv shows or comics or multiple media forms not movies in theaters that prepared the movie theater going audience for the films, which is needed when a ticket isnt affordable. If ticket prices were affordable I think all of those film would had better fiscal reception. .. My biggest issue was in preproduction the storyboard artists or writers didn't realize LINK Kathy Lehman haha well the original radio program was cheesy, but sincere and the movie is sincere too. LINK Steven Barnes That is cool you figure a way for tarzan today, i see a way to do phantom or shadow today. Though to your original post theme, i do think all three need marketing care, wise production . Need quality direction from an efficient director . it isn't just a good screenplay from you or me:) that will do it. None of these properties are like a star wars or marvel where they are present and strong in media before a movie comes out. LINK Steven Barnes to the phantom, the inherited hero aspect of the phantom is the tool to break out of the negative biases, white saviordom, in its creation and majority history. Yes , the phantom was made with pure white savior mythos, but within the story it has a great way to fit beyond said limitation and not sideline the history of the character. LINK Steven Barnes yes the cultural point of the original creator of the phantom , lee falk, or the audience he created for, would vanish with my version, but that is why it would be my work. Rich Murray's phantom, based on falk, but not falk's LINK Steven Barnes I will answer the questions in reverse order. MY experience as an artist has taught me never to assume to know how to capture audiences for sure. But I always hope to capture them. 🙂 My Phantom's change is simple but influences the entire storyline. My change is to make the phantom older than kit walker. In Falk's version the phantom starts with Kit Walker. this lineage of white men of europe who save colored folk and others. In my version the phantom is from an ancient lineage from Africa itself, started by a Black man in the ancient predecessor to Bengali about the indian ocean coast somewhere[thus afro asiatic] . Now what has to be added because of this? The first phantom around the time of kemet passed it down to his first son, but also had other children. And over the thousands of years, the bloodline of the original phantom is now global , and has members of every phenotypical race in all parts of the world, but all in the bloodline don't know it. A group of descendents were started by the second son of the first phantom from kemet to catalog and keep the record of the lineage of the phantom and manage the phantom, including killing the phantom if need be. To kit walker, a phantom died without an heir sometime before pirates killed his father and he crashlanded on the shores of bengali A member of the second son's descendents notices kit and checking the records see's that he is a descendent of the first phantom. After Kit, who is negatively biased towards blacks makes the vow. The descendent of the second son invites him to become the phantom. What is the point? the phantom has always been a hero, the ghost who walks, but has not always been culturally the same. In my version, the phantom before kit walker was a black man who had a huge negative bias to whites. But still aided white people at times in a condensending way. Kit walker , albet condescending to blacks still saves lives including black people. To your first question, my phantom is still a legacy hero like falk's but unlike falk's my phantom is a greater legacy as complicated or complex in membership as humanity itself, while it has a more interesting stewardship in the descendents of the second son of the first phantom, preserving this hero, who can't stop all crimes or keep all safe, and has never tried to stop all crimes or keep all safe, but consistently does good no matter who bears the name. LINK

James Forten who is certified real, unlike Crispus Atticks, is important because whenever a black person in the usa claims to have connection to the united states of america from its infancy , they can point to james forten. But, two key points must be comprehended alongside James Forten. James Forten was a big representative of blacks who fought for the creation of the usa WHILE blacks who fought for the creation of the usa was the smallest minority in the black populace in the european colonies that would become the usa. The black populace in the english colonies had three groups. Black enslaved to white= 90% majority, these are a blend of black people who hate whites to the core, are afraid of whites to the core, while have no desire t exist aside whites. Segregationist + Seperatist. Not merely wanting distance from whites segregation, they want a wall to blockade any merger , seperatist. Black free folk who fought against the creation of the usa- 8% minority, black folk who are free or have recently escaped enslavement who don't like or trust whites, but have a particular distaste for whites in the usa and will aid whites from europe against whites from the usa, with the promise of freedom. At the end of the war of cessation from the british empire, britain was able to get these people to freedom, though many were recaptured or enslaved by whites throughout the larger battlefield. Black free folk who fought for the creation of the usa- 2% minority , people like James Forten. What is my point? From the war of 1812 to the war between the states, most black people have an anti white + anti usa position in the usa or the european colonies that preceded. Black people in the usa to our forever dishonor, keep presenting our history as akin to willing immigrants whether they be black or non black. It isn't the case. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/587-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-1/ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/588-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-2/ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/589-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-3/ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/590-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-4/ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/591-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-5/ https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/592-the-american-revolution-pbs-documentary-episode-6/ EXCERPT from 6 Are we not sustained by the same power, supported by the same food, hurt by the same wounds, pleased with the same delights, and propagated by the same means? And should we not then enjoy the same liberty and be protected by the same laws? ♪ Some consider us as much property as a house or a ship and think how anxious we must be to raise ourselves from this degrading state. James Forten. Narrator: James Forten was born free in Philadelphia. At 9, he had been in the crowd at the Pennsylvania State House that heard the Declaration of Independence read to the public for the very first time. Forten took the promise of the Declaration to heart and never questioned whether its self-evident truths applied to him. ♪ Now, in the summer of 1781, Forten was 14, old enough to fight for his country. With his mother's permission, he went down to the docks, signed on to a privateer, and set out to sea. Forten was one of 20 men and boys of color in a crew of 200. For privateers eager to attract volunteers, race was no barrier. ♪ His first voyage was a triumph, but the second was a disaster. His ship was overtaken and captured by a British warship. ♪ Once aboard, the captain's son befriended him, and the captain offered to release him if he were willing to sail with the boy to England. Forten refused. He could not turn his back on his country. The art is from Portrait of Forten, c. 1834, by Robert Douglass Jr.[ WIKI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forten

Profd made the following post https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12748-made-in-china-why-is-it-considered-usa-adversary/ And it's primary plus elemental position is the USA + China are in a financial synergy that disallows the concept that china is a threat. BUT, said synergy has two problems. First the true relationship of the usa side china isn't financial but militaristic. Second, the generator of the stated financial synergy is not the usa. Nuclear Powered Countries and money The reason the Nuclear powers: USA/Russia/China/ England/France made the Non proliferation treaty wasn't for peace but control. Non proliferation isn't about saving humanity, it is about allowing a set of countries, the exclusive nuclear powers set to be in a class beyond themselves. This is why, Russia or China who continuously are deemed similar to Iran/North Korea/Cuba/Libya under Quadaffi or others are never treated like them. The reason is, the iran's of the world don't have nuclear weapons. Notice the USA has never invaded Russia. why? Russia has a huge nuclear weapons arsenal. For all the rhetoric about Putin or Russian crimes the USA and France through the European Union will never advocate a confrontation into russia because no one can guarantee the nuclear weapons will not fly and the damage from a nuclear war will derail all fiscal activity. But having said that the nuclear powers have never been allies. They are at war all the time. The only time the usa will not see China as a threat is when China doesn't have nuclear weapons while the only time China will not see the usa as a threat is when the usa doesn't have nuclear weapons. Nuclear war is superior to money/global trade system. Most countries can't do it and the usa is trying hard to limit the numbers who come in. But USA/Russia/China/England/ France/ISrael/Pakistan/ India are all enemies, they simply have an arrangement because they are in the rarest class of modern governments, nuclear powers , thus must be treated unlike the cuba's , kosovo's, others who absent nuclear power, simply don't have the weapons to truly threaten the world. Who is the WE in the USA? The post from PRofd has an initial statement. "China has been the blue-collar labor force for the United States of America (USA) for several decades now." The USA is reaching 250 years soon. I have never denied I don't care for the usa, even as a boy. But, the one thing I have never seen in the usa is honesty, truth. The usa , not merely its wealthy or powerful or its government levels, but the common farmers, homeless urban dwellers, and most others have one disease that sickens me. It is the disease of unstraight lies. The very declaration of independence sto the united states of america starts with an unstraight lie. "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal" The following is an unstraight lie "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal" The person who wrote that is a white european enslaving incestual rapist, but beyond his identity, the unstraight lies are ever present. "We" who was we? who is we? When the writer f the line was composing his words, was he speaking about native americans, being massacred? he was speaking about black people of african descent who are enslaved or their descendants? Do all humans know all humans are human? yes. But does that suggest all humans can be spoken for? the answer is never. You can never speak for all humans and thus the unstraight lie. "All men are created equal" the tragedy in this is, the writer was being honest, he was speaking of men, not women, but he is unstraight, he wasn't speaking of all men he was speaking of white european men. But moreover, when anyone suggest that all men created eqaul suggest all humans are created equal , that is another unstraight lie. The two phrases don't connect. All men created equal means just that, not women . All humans are created equal means just that. BUt are all humans created equal? no. Anyone who has seen a child with cerebral palsy struggle knows, all humans are not created equal. Are all humans human? yes, but they are not all created equal. Like the one who wrote the phrase "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal" , Profd in true Statian/ of the USA tradition or heritage, has created an unstraight lie. The USA has a legal structure which suggest all in the usa are united in responsibility to the actions of the usa, The suggestion has never been true. Again, who is we? did black towns in the south want chinese blue collar labor, started, in the 1970s when they were fighting to get labor from the same white owned businesses that fled to china and its cheaper labor? no. Did Native American reservations want chinese blue collar labor , started, in the 1970s when they were fighting to get the legal right to start businesses on reservation land which many still don't have? no. Did fiscal poor white towns in the appalachias want chinese blue collar labor, started in the 1970s, when they were fighting to get keep their land from state governments who were using all sorts of techniques to take their land for natural resources or other projects? no. So who wanted chinese blue collar labor to have the position it does int he usa? fiscally wealthy whites. They started in the 1960s to deire this fiscal change to get cheaper labor supported by many, not all or most, whites who didn't want black people to have any happiness. What a majority of whites wanted in the 1960s was for business to maintain investment in white towns/communities in the usa and blockade the non white in the usa. What a majority of blacks wanted in the 1960s was for business to expand their opportunities to blacks while keeping activities completely in the usa. What a majority of native americans wanted in the 1960s was the right to start business and have native american controlled financial zones in the reservations that could do business with the business in the usa beyond the reservations. Instead white owned fiscal corporations moved 99% of blue collar jobs outside the usa altogether, deleting the desires or plans of most native americans most blacks plus most fiscally poor whites. But in parallel said white fiscal corporations created the modern labored and blue collar populaces around the world outside the usa. The government liked it, because it was like a payment for adhering to the governmental order of the usa. But the price is today. Everyone in the usa knows what i said is true, but too many in the usa want to suggest unstraight lies. The smallest populace in the usa, the mega rich chose to manipulate the labor environment in the usa to cut all the blue collar jobs out and place them overseas. but the 99% didn't want that and even after decades, the 99% still want those jobs back or have become so resentful that they simply dislike the foreigner. Profd argument to the future is instead of complaining about what happened in the past against your favor or want, focus on trying to make the system , that you didn't design and is designed against you, work better for you, however you can. The idea is adjustment while bitter over resentment. while hateful. The element that dictates the polarity is patience. The 1% in the usa can wait for change or ride out changes, whether they want them or not, , they have the money or resources. The 99% don't have the resources to ride out or wait for changes. Which means for the 99% to wait for change they have to embrace a truth, the change may never come no matter what they do, even working for it every day. This is a test of patience and I argue, after two hundred and fifty, 250, years many, and arguably a majority ,definitely a majority of Black descended of enslaved , have no patience to adjust in cycles till finding comfort. IN AMENDMENT How can patience be increased in any person or group... by being earned. If a person goes outside their home one day and a person hits them in the face, they may have patience and come out again the next day. But if a person keeps getting punched in the face every day they come out for three hundred and sixty five days no matter how hard they try to dunk or punch or talk or fight back or any strategy, sooner or later, they will simply stay in the house. Their patience is dried up. In two hundred and fifty years the usa has never had one place in it, not one city or town where native americans were powerful, adored, loved, strong, able to protect themselves no matter what, in control. not one city or town where Blacks were powerful, adored, loved, strong, able to protect themselves no matter what, in control.... yes, some people native americans/blacks/whites/females/ males or other have shown the ability to be patient throughout their life with the usa. But, most will never be able to do that, we are not created equally, we humans are not all the same. POST URL I will post in the commentary to profd's post https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12748-made-in-china-why-is-it-considered-usa-adversary/#findComment-81550 PRIOR EDITION https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/682-economic-corner-39-03242026/ NEXT EDITION ? COMMENTARY 05162026 https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12748-made-in-china-why-is-it-considered-usa-adversary/#findComment-81550 It seems to me what your suggesting needs to happen in the future is for people ,more people, the ninety nine percent 99%, the majority in the united states of america u.s.a., to embrace adjusting more positively to the fiscal environment or governmental bureaucracies of the u.s.a. led by the u.s.a.'s one percent fiscal wealthy, even if they didn't want them, were unable to stop them being implemented, are suffering under them, or some negative. I can say many people, various phenotypes/genders/religions/ages/ in various geographies in the usa have stated similar to you. There is a movement of people in the usa who stand with you. Is it a majority? I don't know, and I gamble no. In the two hundred and fifty year history of the united states of america, i argue a majority in the populace across all racial types [phenotype/gender /religion or others] have been impatient or unsatisfied with the system. But, the minority in this country has always found a way with its resources to stop the impatient majority from jumping to violence to anarchy/a system absent any ruler whether be the law or an individual. Said minority which today includes women plus blacks plus latinos has gotten the majority to embrace stillness, do nothing which isn't patience it is a calm before a storm, in which every time the calm is extended the storm gets bigger. Two hundred and fifty year is a long extension. I end with positive... some say strong people lead themselves. I argue a peoples goals dictate their actions. Complacency isn't equivalent to weakness, complacency can occur when one is actually happy with the way things are, not merely being coerced into activity by others. The problem with the populaces that make up the majority in the usa is they need to be convinced that engagement will lead to results each populace wants, something that has never happened in the usa. To restate the usa has never had a time in its history where native americans/blacks/whites/ latinos/women men/old/young/immigrants/orphans/prisoners/ or others got what they wanted. Either few win or all lose is what happens in the usa. So the only way for that to be undone is an era of leadership . The usa had a great era of multiracial leadership in the 1960s that was assassinated/poisoned/imprisoned/similar injury by a combination of fiscal plus governmental agents who had something to lose if all groups won. But if a a great era of multiracial leadership can happen once, it can happen again. But, one must have patience. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/735-economic-corner-40-05162026/

PRIOR ENTRY https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/723-art-comments-04272026/ NEXT ENTRY ? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1322949419/5284206221 @leothefox be careful with your posture, do you stretch every morning? if you don't consider that to help @scheinbar Danke für die Reflexion. Was befindet sich auf der anderen Straßenseite? thank you for the reflection, what is on the other side of street? @intao i never heard of a hipstamatic camera before? what was the focal length+ aperture of the camera at the time of the photo "Morning Eye"? @KABANOMORI what kind of digital image is ghost? you said references had the deers leg backwards, I don't comprehend. It looks lovely. @MozaGrin it looks like from the ocuulus on a door, nice, whose is looking at the pair? don't tlel me, a cat? haha @darkroots77 I feel great swamp thing vibes with this @300ChickenNuggets what video game is leonard in? <div class="scroll-container" style="background-color: #333;overflow: auto;white-space: nowrap;padding: 10px;"> <!-- put image tags in--> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/leothefox/art/Dread-Deadline-62SixtyTwo-01-1304549113" target="_blank"><img 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What was your motivation? What response were you met with? Please let us know in the comments below! When I first read this I thought, there are no problems in art. Thinking on my own work, have i made anythingi think a problem? In my own mind the answer is no. I think I have made work that prompted questions that various readers or viewers wouldn't like to read or see or deal with , for various reasons. I reread your prose and thought to myself. What you mean by "problematic' is about reactions. It isn't the artwork that is ever problematic or generates problems, but it is the audience that dictates the polarity of problems. I think of the statues from the roman empire , fully naked that centuries later in the very land they were made were castrated by christian clerics. I think about the original screenplay of legend from horsberg, film made by ridley scott. In the original screenplay Lilly was raped, after rewrites that was turned into the dance scene. But when read by the producers, one of the producers , a female, told scott + horsberg, and I quote "you can't rape the princess". Which is interesting to me on many levels. When Jim Brown did a film 1968's the split, with diahann carroll, written by westlake who is white, jim brown playing the main character parker, who was written white, diahann carroll 's character, playing a petty, working, pure woman was raped and kiled by a white character. I wonder if lilly was not white would hollywood have minded. But I know ridley Scott saw falsehood in it, cause years later when he made the Last Duel in 2021 based on a book by Eric JAge with a design similar to Rashomon of Kurosawa, the entire plot revolves around a raped white woman in 14th century france who upholds she was raped in public which leads to the duel through the legal system of france at the time. A great scene in the movie from an older white female character played by harriet walker proves this moreso. So ridley scott through his won work responded to the audiences problems of perception so to speak that limited what his financiers would allow from his artistic vision in the past. I just have to add, in the original screenplay a young unicorn suckles from lilly's unpregnant breast. I think of an early draft of the Last Unicorn from Peter s Beagle, and in that the unicorn originally was going to be in modern times, along the highway, unseen by humans as the smoke and filth of the mortal world goes by her, herself lost and confused, not knowing if she is the last unicorn and a daze, as she goes by potentially other magical creatures , like dragons, also the last. I think of the original title of "the girl with the dragon tattoo" which was the more appropriate "why men hate women" which the book publishers tld stiegg larsson to change or changed for him. I don't know the truth but know somehow it was changed. So between ancient male statues penisis, raped white european princesses of fable land, living unicorns in modernity frustrated and the last of their kind, or corret titles of books , it proves problems come from audiences plus financiers wanting to placate audiences fears/favors/desires. While I rabbled on I thought about my own work. Has my work ever garnered commentary suggesting my work is problematic? The first truth, which is a little sad to emit, is I am not popular enough to garner decent backlash. That may sound soft but you nead more readers to get a chance of more responses from people who have problems to your work. But I have a few instances i will share the three most clear in memory, and I can even temporally rank them. And to be blunt, my reason fro writing is always thati love to write, i have been writing since a child and i will never stop.but... Earliest, a work i made, not on deviantart, is about a literal visualization, no lesson in the story but it is meant to be be a world described and for those that like it, produce a smile. Most liked the world but wanted more plot. But one in particular, a female, a black female, i am a black male, had issue wwith what i call sensual descriptions of the "magical" brothel. Made me giggle actually. I made the work cause I was raised with a full compliment of fiction/fantasy. What do i mean by full compliment. When one is a Black Descended of enslaved person in the usa, as I am, the larger media in the usa , which has never been owned or controlled in any way by black people, places little black fantasy or fiction . Which makes sense. Disney did not make the black panther films cause blacks and whites love each other. disney made the black panther films cause non blacks in modernity, the last twenty years, are comfortable buying tickets to a movie with few non black primary characters [in Sinners no white primary characters were heroes so.. time does move] and in modernity, black people have the ability to make great returns on movie tickets as well and buy stuff. so... black panther is greenlit. So I don't have an issue with the white power in media of the past , even if it has a financial or communal source of action against blacks or non white europeans. But, the past created an environment where many black people in the usa or elsewhere rarely see themselves in media unless they have, as i did, two black parents fortunate enough to provide it growing up. So, I grew up with high john the conqueror/buck and the preacher/august wilson plays/donald goines books/black poetry /brer rabbit/oscar micheaux before he became more popular or known - while I also heard peter and the wolf at Lincoln Center, saw gaugin works, and tapestries from muslim caliphates, and devo videos. My point being I made the work wanting to add to black DOS literary canon, a common theme for me, I am not limited to that, but I like it. I grew up with my own people in fantasy worlds not just biographies or white interpretations of black people. Somewhere in the middle, a work of mine was reviewed on deviantart [I am not telling you the name, but I will do a scavenger hunt... you have to search using the word "PLAY" in my gallery [[ https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=play ]] and it is a literature work. Only four pages so if interested find it ] but in the review , the reviewer admitted the truth, that the premise I had broke the norm for audiences. It is an even artistic judgement/critique that your work challenges the quality of art work assessed through audience reaction or financial return. It isn't a judgement of creativity but a judgement of commerciality which has validity. I made this cause I like dialog works. I don't mind works of mostly action but I don't feel bothered by people simply communicating in a story. Anyone know the before film series from linklater knows how i feel. I also saw a fictional setting plot element between the characters that is uncommon but made and still makes sense to me. hahaha search Most Recent, I had a story for a writing contest with the theme of superheroes and one of my readers said, and i quote "superheroes don't do this" . You can imagine what you like, I will give a hype badge to whomever guesses right use those imaginations if interested. It isn't in my deviantart so... But I made it cause I thought what should be done if one is a superhero and it occurred to me, the actions i portrayed made the most sense. I think as writers sometimes we think to little on characters actions to make the reader/viewer/audience confirm their pseudoprescience . I have never felt the need to do that. I don't support auto counterpose in works cause good defeating evil isn't unreal or impossible. But great questions @pijanymajk I can see on a closeup of the image frustration in your brush work but i love the chiaroscuro ... play with me and you play with fire... where does that come from? @HelviRiitta very nice, love the colors, poor forest, who started the fire? @MissPopoki Un trabajo de grafito encantador. ¿Qué papel y qué lápiz utilizaste? ¿Es Pesadilla en Elm Street la película de «monstruos slasher» más popular en los medios de comunicación de habla hispana a nivel mundial? lovely graphite work. what paper and pencil did you use? is nightmare on elm street the most popular "monster slasher" film in spanish speaking media worldwide? @HonkyTonkk if in color what color will the rose be? nice collaborative of struggle, between humans in the worst scenarios and a rose @piruniia haha what stoogie is blown by a peace of mind? haha smells great i bet. You say mixed media, which mixed media? @Apelure wow! mother's maw, like grendel's mother @Ptero-Pterodactylus beautiful toes, your right, high heels always make the leg sexier, it is the muscularity it enforces in womens legs. did your wife model for the image? <div class="scroll-container" style="background-color: #333;overflow: auto;white-space: nowrap;padding: 10px;"> <!-- put image tags in--> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/pijanymajk/art/Fire-1321751673" target="_blank"><img 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And the reception to it is refreshing. I do think the boys, brightburn, invincible in some ways are the children of the watchmen in the sense that the watchmen was originally meant to be a justice league story that dc snubbed because they didn't like the negativity. But the success of watchmen opened the doors to the boys and company. People do love the ability to escape to the world where good or evil is simple, as your prose in the original post suggest correctly. I argue the response to brightburn from a majority of superman fans as well as to superman returns with superman as an absentee father, by superman fans proves many are fans of superman for the escape from reality and it shows in dollars. And I want to say for the record that while many suggest brightburn is a "hell" i argue brightburn has a possbility for peace because at the end, even if all the justice league members are "bad guys" killers even, they will fight each other and in that fight lies the possibility of peace . But while many fans love to escape to the good vs evil worlds, It is nice that the market for those who can enjoy entertainment with ideas that challenge simpler story structures is present and seemingly growing. I wish I could had been in the preproduction for princess and the frog. Peter jackson spent four to seven years preproducing lord of the rings and I think Princess and the frog needed more time. One thing I would had changed is made it where tiana's father succeeded in making the restaurant and it being sucessful and the only black owned business on land in mythic new orleans of the early 1900s. I don't think it hurts Tiana by having her quest to maintain the restaurant, not initialize it. But while I have issues with the main antagonist, the caricature black voodoo man, the character i think is most artfully poor is tiana's "best frined' the white princess whose father seem to be the richest man in town who seems to be impotent while she is ridiculously flirtatious. I will love for someone to cut princess and the frog and take out those two characters and see what kind of movie it is. In paralell, I think black panther in kilmonger had the one of the rarest sights in moviedom, a black character that is openly antagonistic to whites. many movies in the 1970s, black characters said many things but phsyically weren't assaulting to whites. kilmonger, a black character, assaults whites. He is the drop of pure realism that strikes through a simple good vs evil story or set of characters. Coogler and company did well there. Exactly good writing matters, and the ability to turn the screenplay into a video messenger is also needed and not all do well. If you watch sinners without sound, you will comprehend what is going on, regardless of your heritage or cultural standing, you see what is going on and it flows. Black panther similarly, not as sharply as sinners but similarly. But princess and the frog, no. the antagonist in black panther or sinners is clearly defined in their opening scene. Kilmonger is a black man with a fashion dissimilar to white european fashion from his hair to his clothes standing in a museum colored all white showcasing black african artifacts with white people as curators. He speaks to the gentle white curator with unfiltered contempt and dislike. Remmick is running in the daylight seemingly on fire, to the closest house he can, the strangers open the door without his provocation, and he sees the kkk outfit and and adjusts his lie to get in the house from the sunlight. The black voodoo man in princess and the frog has no connection to tiana or naveen, or tiana'as father or anyone or thing, he is a pantomime villain who could have any appearance but was chosen to be a black voodoo man. I stand corrected, he has some connection to the black voodoo woman who is blind but it is undisclosed. poor writing. Exactly, many people as children are simply not exposed to the width of the arts, and even with the modern internet and global media it is still highly lacking. Well, I think it is great that modern audiences , all ages, shapes, sizes, phenotypes, with the power of "google-san" can investigate and explore and expose various elements in storytelling and expose inauthentic or lying but they have to learn to embrace what arts are. I think cameron's avatar movies have a terrible story. But the point of the films isn't visual storytelling but visual brilliance and they are visually brilliant. Like DW Griffith's birth of a nation , you have to judge it for what it is, not what you want it to be. I love communicating, you didn't ramble, you conveyed thoughts and expressions. Part of that experience you and I and not enough others share is , reading something above average length isn't a pain or a frustration. and thank you I will continue. If you want another clue to the scavenger hunt I will give it to you IN AMENDMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1325830821/5284441209 My pleasure I wish I had thought of masturbation, that is good. And I concur, they think themselves above critique but in truth are shameful for they think it less than to exhibit lust. I don't see why nonviolent exhibition of lust is sinful. IN AMENDMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1325830821/5284570927 Thank you for making me think on this... I didn't think about one other flaw in Dr Facilier, [thank you for remembering the name] he is an unbound bad guy who doesn't act unbound. Just like his rival, the blind old woman. She is supposed to be a neutral protector and the only one sh seems to protect and barely is tiana, while facilier is supposed to be the violator and he doesn't violate the city or tiana's best friend or tiana's best friends father. The best example of a better written simple bad guy is the alien in the ridley scott series. The alien doesn't hate ripley, isn't out to get ripley, the alien is out to get all. It wants dallas ... it got dallas it got hudson it got hellboy [ for those who don't know ron pearlman if you are simply a crude "evil " creature then be unbound in who you attack. Facilier doesn't do that either. thank you. Good line "Monkey paw logic" And yes, the screenplay needed more polishig. I like your idea of a redeemed character whose relationship to mama odie, thanks for remembering the name, kicks in. Screenplay needed more polishing hope they hire you next time ah yes, the moon princess, I think japanese media has done well by her in various interpretations, from naruto to ghibli to kubo I have ever seen a usa interpretation. Have you? You said your parents are european, do you recall a European media interpretation, maybe something from bande dessinee? I have only seen japanese interpretations to her story. Exactly, why is a great question for any viewer/reader/listener to have answered when they ask, and if the work can't answer why .... To Camern's avatar, exactly, and i think ever younger audiences , who are reared in the ever more vitriol or numbing fields of the faster than light internet, have to avoid rejection or exclamation of rejection absent taking the time to comprehend a work. they are judging with a better quality but they are also becoming to quick to finalize judgement. The learning never stops while you are alive, thanks again P.S. ahah, ok good fun COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1332141331/5284241755 @leothefox congrats to nearing the completion of "the devil's footprints" @CapnDeek373 how many steps in total @allusernamestaken666 is that a photograph of van gogh's image or your version? @Redsterfish nice clay head, but what will be the body? @zeroequalsq nice graphite, the pose selection is brilliant, graphite always looks vibrant when poses have high contrast the black and white distance is always the strongest for contrast. <div class="scroll-container" style="background-color: #333;overflow: auto;white-space: nowrap;padding: 10px;"> <!-- put image tags in--> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/leothefox/art/Dread-Deadline-63SixtyThree-1330562573" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/2e2f9a87-d578-4aa6-870c-f0577343f003/dm06knh-e31540f0-c367-47a2-bae2-66593c5ad818.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_760,q_70,strp/dread_deadline_63sixtythree_by_leothefox_dm06knh-300w.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzYwIiwicGF0aCI6Ii9mLzJlMmY5YTg3LWQ1NzgtNGFhNi04NzBjLWYwNTc3MzQzZjAwMy9kbTA2a25oLWUzMTU0MGYwLWMzNjctNDdhMi1iYWUyLTY2NTkzYzVhZDgxOC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTI4MCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.D-jrvotIcd0_xWI7N-7DKYsqg_zO9O5hLk372-zNYq4" height="178" width="300"></img></a> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/capndeek373/art/fifty-cents-1320023928" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/9d16c03f-a8ba-4988-a746-5b5504d92683/dltwozc-2f41fccc-55a8-4755-93b7-523f91c02f8e.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_777,q_70,strp/fifty_cents_by_capndeek373_dltwozc-300w.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9Nzc3IiwicGF0aCI6Ii9mLzlkMTZjMDNmLWE4YmEtNDk4OC1hNzQ2LTViNTUwNGQ5MjY4My9kbHR3b3pjLTJmNDFmY2NjLTU1YTgtNDc1NS05M2I3LTUyM2Y5MWMwMmY4ZS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9NjAwIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.Y9kdv43P8887rBRU2wRAal57j4-yZFxgDi0kcJl1w4I" height="389" width="300"></img></a> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/allusernamestaken666/art/Milk-Jug-Van-Gogh-1320002486" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/4c920bca-8770-44d8-a67f-64b947eb1b6b/dltw8fq-5608a1e5-c8df-4085-ac50-c26cfd67a903.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_900,q_70,strp/milk_jug__van_gogh__by_allusernamestaken666_dltw8fq-300w.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTQ2MiIsInBhdGgiOiIvZi80YzkyMGJjYS04NzcwLTQ0ZDgtYTY3Zi02NGI5NDdlYjFiNmIvZGx0dzhmcS01NjA4YTFlNS1jOGRmLTQwODUtYWM1MC1jMjZjZmQ2N2E5MDMuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEyODAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.Dxl_aHoMaht_HKhSIHNA9kw0nlUs2xzk8T1iIv8HNns" height="343" width="300"></img></a> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/redsterfish/art/3rd-1309956816" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/e634255a-77a1-43e8-bbaf-e80502e17580/dlnwx5c-6a3b02b2-5bab-4dc2-92e6-07290740f79d.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_900,q_70,strp/3rd__by_redsterfish_dlnwx5c-300w.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTA2NyIsInBhdGgiOiIvZi9lNjM0MjU1YS03N2ExLTQzZTgtYmJhZi1lODA1MDJlMTc1ODAvZGxud3g1Yy02YTNiMDJiMi01YmFiLTRkYzItOTJlNi0wNzI5MDc0MGY3OWQuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE2MDAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ._2BesQd3CpwaFYYFtpJm4m8qwRgevfPx7ES9QHka8vM" height="200" width="300"></img></a> <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/zeroequalsq/art/Oh-And-By-The-Way-1324637042" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/319562ce-b446-405f-8ce4-53f1b29dfbfb/dlwnkhe-26e51a15-39d1-439c-a9a8-4e29c6e88a86.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_900,q_70,strp/oh__and_by_the_way____by_zeroequalsq_dlwnkhe-300w.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9OTM4IiwicGF0aCI6Ii9mLzMxOTU2MmNlLWI0NDYtNDA1Zi04Y2U0LTUzZjFiMjlkZmJmYi9kbHdua2hlLTI2ZTUxYTE1LTM5ZDEtNDM5Yy1hOWE4LTRlMjljNmU4OGE4Ni5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9ODUyIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.iYWovNGPzhrw76aYv_LM6gVwFOa15GoJ-Khcr566ib4" height="330" width="300"></img></a> </div>

Tree Measure https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Tree-Measuring-Stamp-1329709266 for challenge https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Earth-Day-Challenge-Measure-a-Tree-1321823849 the example https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Simple-Inclinometer-02-1321480452 <span>EMBED CODE</span><br><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Tree-Measuring-Stamp-1329709266" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5d27c5e0-a455-49cc-8b4e-e651b7aba5e4/dlzoa8i-c5ba7610-d881-4122-bf99-8c194383b8c2.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi81ZDI3YzVlMC1hNDU1LTQ5Y2MtOGI0ZS1lNjUxYjdhYmE1ZTQvZGx6b2E4aS1jNWJhNzYxMC1kODgxLTQxMjItYmY5OS04YzE5NDM4M2I4YzIuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.F4z4HPrIQPgiIvY1DQ5vquac-AAyAOt4BvczrIvW5r8" height="56" width="99"></img></a>Mermay https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mermay-Stamp-1329711311 for challenge https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Earn-the-color-me-club-May-2026-Profile-Badge-1326962377 the example https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Legends-of-Akorade-1327118010 <span>EMBED CODE</span><br><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mermay-Stamp-1329711311" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5d27c5e0-a455-49cc-8b4e-e651b7aba5e4/dlzobtb-a4540705-d473-4ace-81df-990347f1f742.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi81ZDI3YzVlMC1hNDU1LTQ5Y2MtOGI0ZS1lNjUxYjdhYmE1ZTQvZGx6b2J0Yi1hNDU0MDcwNS1kNDczLTRhY2UtODFkZi05OTAzNDdmMWY3NDIuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.IHv_mTd0hdyrb3KeczaBAMVfhv4Ek4edLvK-LOYdd_g" height="56" width="99"></img></a>Mother Goose https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mother-Goose-Stamp-1329731987 for challenge https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/May-2026-Contest-MOTHER-GOOSE-1289531986 the example https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mother-Goose-with-a-hooded-gosling-1327120224 <span>EMBED CODE</span><br><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Mother-Goose-Stamp-1329731987" target="_blank"><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/5d27c5e0-a455-49cc-8b4e-e651b7aba5e4/dlzorrn-7385f71b-a981-451a-ad2f-595b536debf0.gif?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi81ZDI3YzVlMC1hNDU1LTQ5Y2MtOGI0ZS1lNjUxYjdhYmE1ZTQvZGx6b3Jybi03Mzg1ZjcxYi1hOTgxLTQ1MWEtYWQyZi01OTViNTM2ZGViZjAuZ2lmIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.pdaR2bmVQwKOcd4jyokgq7n851HWnlQFJw5YlOY-Pqc" height="56" width="99"></img></a>

Legends of Akorade At temple, in battlefields, in sporting arenas, Akorade is a cecaelian metalmermay whose legends dwarf any you know. Do you want to see more legends of her? https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Legends-of-Akorade-1327118010 #badge #colormeclub #mermay #akorade #lineart #coloring #may #cecaelian #warriorwoman #richardmurray #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #aalbc #rmaalbc #kobo #kwl #deviantart #tumblr The Legend of Akorade - a metalmermay cecaelian warrior Example for the May Monthly Badge challenge of @color-me-club May 2026 Badge for color-me-club2 days ago No AI generated entries in this group. Check out Akorade on the front line when some surface dwellers invaded the Cities of Treasures. Tentacles actions[clockwise]: killing a surface dweller, shielding children [shield has Sankofa], sending a signal about the enemy similar to morse code [need two ] , getting arrows out of quill, using bow and arrow to kill surface dweller who has killed a fellow warrior[need two], shielding her forward area. The triangular Temple of Legends exterior is in the background. Akorade sailfish fighting in a City of Treasure. The sailfish doesn't impale but slashes, while it is the fastest fish in the sea. So, the cape must avoid the slashes. But sailfish have been known to impale to defend themselves. The arena encompass an area with hydrothermal vents , the hydrothermal plume [black smoke] is extremely hot and can kill. Akorade with a fallen comrades helmet in the Temple of Legends. NOTE: Akorade means treasure in twi I was inspired to the legends of Akorade for #metalmermay by Joan of arc who was canonized may 16th 1920 ; beatified April 18th 1909 ; beatified means a blessed, where figure has entered heaven and can intercede on behalf of someone who invoks them Plus the first observance of memorial day is may 30th 1868 as "decoration day" started by the grand army of the republic a fraternal organization to honor union soldiers who fell in the war between the states. NOTE IMAGE 1: Partial Sankofa symbol on shield protecting children , Sankofa means learn from the past for a better future. Forward area shield has symbol of Yemoja Akorade crown has a snake. She is wearing chainmail. Her wounded comrade has an airgun firing flechettes. URLS Adinkra Symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adinkra_symbols Information on Sailfish stabbing https://www.myupnow.com/100-pound-sailfish-leaps-out-of-water-stabs-woman/article_1538ce6a-c462-5fbb-ba58-030597f98055.html Fletchette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette Hydrothermal Vent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothermal_vent Do you want me to make a coloring page for you https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/commission/Single-Coloring-Page-1732448 Coloring page Gallery https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages TipJar https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 My Original Characters https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/85935373/original-characters #akorade #mermay #metalmermay #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #richardmurray #deviantart #tumblr #rmaalbc #aalbc #kobo #kwl

Earn the color-me-club May 2026 Profile Badge! It is may so the theme for the community relation groups in deviantart is Mermay. Take part of the fun by making mermay lineart. from @hddeviant in @color-me-club https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Earn-the-color-me-club-May-2026-Profile-Badge-1326962377 #badge #colormeclub #mermay #akorade #lineart #coloring #may #cecaelian #warriorwoman #richardmurray #hddeviant #richardmurrayhumblr #aalbc #rmaalbc #kobo #kwl #deviantart #tumblr Join @color-me-club and the other Community Affiliated groups as part of Deviantart celebrating MERMAY!!! It is May and for those that do not know, that means Mermay season! To get the badge make a deviation with the hashtag #mermay and presenting lineart with a mermaid, merman, mercat, merpuppy, or mer-anything. An example below of an entry is to help. Don't worry if you see this challenge after May 2026, the badge is open to be earned by any member of Deviantart after May 2026. My example MerMay Remember to have fun, A Small Gallery for more Inspiration #mermay #colormeclub #metalmermay