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The Hidden Estate
“Your Honor, this is for you.” The messenger handed him a wax-sealed envelope. “You’re the executor.” At this, the judge tore the envelope open in a hurry. It seemed his old governess had fulfilled her final hour in peaceful slumber that same morning, Friday April 13, 1827. As executor he would undertake the archaeology of her apartment at his family’s home. “So,” he mused aloud, “I am to search for stone tablets.” It was his attempt at levity; the lady had been so old there was no telling what artifacts he might uncover. Judge Sydney Carton Darnay arrived home to find his sister and his elderly parents in tearful mourning. He ate with them almost in silence. Even the servants were dressed in black, for Miss Pross had been everyone’s friend.
Donna StrowPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThe Simpsons Best One-Time Guest Stars
In nearly 700 episodes, The Simpsons have utilised the voice talents of hundreds of celebrity guests. From the briefest of walk-on cameos to becoming the focus of an entire episode, guest stars have become part of the show's lifeblood for better and worse. People have performed as an entirely original character, just as themselves or even as a fictionalised version of themselves as created by The Simpsons writing team. Certain voice actors have proved successful and have been invited back for further appearance(s).
Fergus JeffsPublished 3 years ago in GeeksZombies at School
She ran up the stairs, barely dodging the grotesque creature that jumped at her, and into the bathroom. Looking around, for a moment she felt safe. Everyone seemed to be fine. She breathed out a sigh of relief just as the doors flung open. Three girls came in looking a little worse for wear. The girl in the middle was being dragged slightly by either girl. Sam became a little weary at the sight of her. She seemed to be unconscious and sweating profusely. It was then that she noticed the blood trickling down her pant leg. She knew what that meant. The small group of girls began to crowd, not knowing what was to come. Sam tried to warn the others, but no one would listen. She debated the exit, but could not get past the cluster of girls. Her mind raced for the answer. Just then, the unconscious girl began to laugh as though she were crazy.. Sam knew it had begun. In a split second she jumped in a stall; locking its door behind her she climbed the toilet and found her way to balance on the thin stall wall. "Let her go!" She cried. "Throw her out before it's too late!" The idea seemed to upset the two holding the girl. "Never," one cried just as the girl lulled her head to the side. Sam knew what was about to happen, but couldn't close her eyes. The crazed girl lunged at her friend's neck; tearing through it with savage grunts and groans. This seemed to send everyone into a frenzy.
In Light Of WandaVision Hype... Let Me Crush Your Dreams
Wanda Maximoff; a character we all love and is known by many, a woman who is the face of one of the majorly important superhero team The Avengers, the daughter of the metal-bending holocaust survivor Magneto, a woman who does nothing but fights for what she most believes in even if goes against everything she knows. Wanda Maximoff; The incredibly powerful mutant that’s given the scarlet, or chaos magic that aids her in fighting major demons of her own and the rest of the Avengers, and gave her the name she’s built her entire legacy underneath -- The Scarlet Witch. She is known in the mcu (Marvel Cinematic Universe) verse as the blonde with the face of Elizabeth Olsen, an incredible actor yet incredibly wrong for taking the role. Why, you may ask? In the comics, her original form and where she initially came from, she is both Romani and Jewish-- completely separating her from Elizabeth Olsen, completely separating her from the character the MCU built off of Wanda Maximoff, a white, christian woman.
Tyler BarryPublished 3 years ago in GeeksMole for Mole
“Is this the gullible tourist bit?” There was a catch; there always was. But there wasn’t a con I didn’t know. This was another sleepy seller of overpriced mildewy books, like the rest, with an outdated gimmick.
Hannah NorwoodPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThe Great Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne Debate
Known around the world in both the world of reality and their own fictional Earth (and, technically, galaxy), these two share the similarity of being insanely rich, corporate owning superheroes. In fact, some terminology of the initial ‘superhero’ may not even fit them, but that’s what people usually think of first. Two separate human beings apart of two different universes, though people compare them more times than two people have ever been compared before. Of course, specifying on their movie counterparts while also including bits of their comic verses. But, here’s the thing that no one has ever thought of, aside from the constant comparisons-- the two share more differences than ever. Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne have constantly been brought to light as the same person through their own universe, but here’s the thing. They are more different than they are the same, and this essay is to prove exactly that, here to prove that their differences separate them more than a protagonist and their faithful, ever so faithful, antagonist (that made the story exactly what it needs to be).
Tyler BarryPublished 3 years ago in GeeksPaladins of the Crest
When I was fifteen my parents let go from work. We lost our house and had to move in with my grandfather. He had a two-story house with a basement that smelled like mothballs and books. Yes, books have a smell. Grandpa’s house had plenty of room for everyone. However, people needed to eat and other bills paid, so my parents went out to find a job every day. For reasons unknown, grandpa always forbid us from going into the basement.
Glenn H Meeks JrPublished 3 years ago in GeeksCount on Gone Girl
Gone Girl exploded at the box office in 2014 after Gillian Flynn's thrilling novel shook readers a few years earlier. It's a story of love gone wrong and how far one will go to exact revenge on lovers who wronged them.
The Kid (1921) Charlie Chaplin Film Analysis
The Kid (1921) is a silent motion picture released during the early days of Hollywood, written and directed by the infamous Charlie Chaplin. Although only an hour long, this film packs a whole lot into a story that will leave the viewer emotionally invested, laughing, and wondering how the quality of a film made 100 years ago could surpass modern production standards.
Andres Rene GomezPublished 3 years ago in GeeksChuck Palahniuk is an Absolute Legend
Chuck Palahniuk is a Legend So I thought I’d like to tell you a little story today about something positive (for a change) that happened amidst the drudgery of this ridiculous pandemic. Back last summer when COVID was still a relatively new thing, that some of us had ambitiously hoped would simply disappear soon, Chuck Palahniuk ran a competition to win signed copies of his book Fight Club to lighten the darkening mood. Despite being a pretty big fan of his work I didn’t know about it, but my good friend Anne Marie did. And you know what she did?! That sneaky sausage only went and entered that competition on my behalf, with what I can only assume was an amazingly written and excellently polished essay of flattering lies about me! I did not, however, receive a signed copy of Fight Club as a result. Instead I found out that I was to receive a personalised gift from Chuck himself. Honestly, I was flabbergasted (a word I hate using as it sounds like I’m dribbling) and did a little squeal that will never be witnessed by anyone again.
Caroline EganPublished 3 years ago in GeeksHello
Hi my name is Lynn Roldan and I am 52 years old. I have been telling stories from the moment I said my first words and have loved writing stories ever since I learned how to write my first words in school. However I never liked showing my stories in class because my teachers and fellow students were not very kind in the judgment of my stories. I never know how to answer their questions about why I wrote the story or why I did not add more to the story or why I did choice a different direction for the story or just why in general about my stories. The all seamed to have their own ideas about the story and how I should change it. As I got older I took a collage creative writing class and my teacher split the class into groups to do exchange papers and give advice to each other but I got basically the same thing from everyone "Why, this and not that?" My teacher also wanted us to journal about our feelings on writing the stories. You tell him why we choice that subject to write about, how we felt writing the story, how we felt having the students read and advise us on our stories. I could not do it. The journal had to have one page per day for each class so I faked it. I put that I choice the subject because the teacher gave us the basic beginning of the story, that I was usually tired when I was writing the story because I did it late at night after class and a full day of work, and I told him that I did not care about what the other students thought about my stories because the only reason they were reading them in the first place was because it was part of the class and I had no choice in the matter and I was not going to change my stories for any of them.
Lynn RoldanPublished 3 years ago in GeeksThe Gift
It was deep winter when a young writer walked into a secondhand store. The outside noise of car tyres slopping through slush and blistering wind was muffled by a raggedy carpet and shelves stuffed to the brim with people’s previous lives. The original broiler warmed the shop and the writer’s limbs from the biting cold.
Emrys CsatoPublished 3 years ago in Geeks