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maskormenace2015-08-04 09:49 am
rathercommon) wrote in maskormenace2015-08-04 09:49 am
Entry tags:
- jonathan crane | scarecrow,
- knock out | n/a,
- tadashi hamada | n/a,
- † april ludgate | janet snakehole,
- † billy kaplan | wiccan,
- † d'artagnan | n/a,
- † dave strider | knight of time,
- † dorian gray | n/a,
- † frederick chilton | chief of staff!!,
- † hartley rathaway | the pied piper,
- † jacob taylor | the protector,
- † jeff winger | wingman,
- † jesse pinkman | diesel,
- † karen starr | power girl,
- † kitty jones | n/a,
- † kotetsu t. kaburagi | wild tiger,
- † michael jon carter | booster gold,
- † minato arisato | n/a,
- † owen burnett (puck) | n/a,
- † raina | n/a,
- † reggie mantle | n/a,
- † riku | darkeater,
- † riza hawkeye | the hawk's eye,
- † sabriel | abhorsen,
- † tachikoma | n/a
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Hullo, everyone. It's Kitty. I've not been around for a little while, but - I'm back now. In Heropa. And, erm - just for anyone who cares - both Mandrake and Bartimaeus have gone home. So I'm the only one left from my world now.
[ Her expression following that announcement is a mixture of disgust (because that sounded dreary and pathetic, didn't it) and sadness. Then, with a little shake of her head (you can practically hear her telling herself to stiffen her upper lip) she continues on: ]
Right. So - all right. I recently made a rumblr - that's an account on the website rumblr-dot-com - and I've actually managed to get quite a few followers. It turns out people are completely mad for having imPorts friended on social media. Anyway, it's actually really great - there are lots of really worthy causes out there, and when I pick them up they get spread around pretty nicely. It keeps this celebrity thing from being overbearingly stupid. I generally ask my followers to bring causes to my attention. This week I'm trying to help raise funds for maintaining latrines in areas where people practice open defecation. A lack of proper sanitation is linked incredibly closely to higher rates of infant mortality and shorter lifespans, but a billion people in the world live without access to it. And it doesn't take all that much money to make a change. So I'm trying to raise funds for that this week. Next week, we're going to be taking a look at raising money to help with mass deworming.
My rumblr is called 'therealkittyjones,' if anyone wants to follow me.
I'm also looking for people to help out with some fundraising for these causes. I've been in touch with a radio station, and I'm thinking we ought to do a celebrity version of two truths and a lie - in honor of all that rubbish at the last swear-in, you know. What happens is you come onto the program and you give me two true statements and one lie. Listeners go online and they wager five dollars on which one's the lie. If they get it right, they get an autographed picture of you, and if they get it wrong then their money just goes to charity. You'll also put up some of your own money, and if I manage to guess on-air which one's the lie you have to donate too. I've gotten asks for some of the imPorts in particular - [ She leans forward and clicks to another window on her communicator, her eyes moving as she reads. ] So, Superman, Mr Stark, Mr Hundred, Mr Wayne, Mr Gamagori, Mr Taylor, Mr Xanatos, Mr Callaghan, consider yourselves called out - you know, reading off all those men, I just realized how sexist my followers are, eurgh. There are a few women on this list too, but not nearly enough. Olivier, Sabriel, Power Girl...Actually, you know, pretty much everybody's interesting to the locals. I think all of you are on here, the list is like five pages long. We've just got far too many men here, haven't we?
[ And she sits back, her eyes focusing as she comes back to the window of her webcam. ]
Anyway, it'll only take about an hour of your time, and it's for a good cause. A series of good causes. Plus you'll get to talk about yourself, and I've never met anyone who wasn't at least a little bit obsessed with themselves. So...let me know if you're interested and I'll set up all the details.
Right. Anyway, thanks for listening.
[ Her expression following that announcement is a mixture of disgust (because that sounded dreary and pathetic, didn't it) and sadness. Then, with a little shake of her head (you can practically hear her telling herself to stiffen her upper lip) she continues on: ]
Right. So - all right. I recently made a rumblr - that's an account on the website rumblr-dot-com - and I've actually managed to get quite a few followers. It turns out people are completely mad for having imPorts friended on social media. Anyway, it's actually really great - there are lots of really worthy causes out there, and when I pick them up they get spread around pretty nicely. It keeps this celebrity thing from being overbearingly stupid. I generally ask my followers to bring causes to my attention. This week I'm trying to help raise funds for maintaining latrines in areas where people practice open defecation. A lack of proper sanitation is linked incredibly closely to higher rates of infant mortality and shorter lifespans, but a billion people in the world live without access to it. And it doesn't take all that much money to make a change. So I'm trying to raise funds for that this week. Next week, we're going to be taking a look at raising money to help with mass deworming.
My rumblr is called 'therealkittyjones,' if anyone wants to follow me.
I'm also looking for people to help out with some fundraising for these causes. I've been in touch with a radio station, and I'm thinking we ought to do a celebrity version of two truths and a lie - in honor of all that rubbish at the last swear-in, you know. What happens is you come onto the program and you give me two true statements and one lie. Listeners go online and they wager five dollars on which one's the lie. If they get it right, they get an autographed picture of you, and if they get it wrong then their money just goes to charity. You'll also put up some of your own money, and if I manage to guess on-air which one's the lie you have to donate too. I've gotten asks for some of the imPorts in particular - [ She leans forward and clicks to another window on her communicator, her eyes moving as she reads. ] So, Superman, Mr Stark, Mr Hundred, Mr Wayne, Mr Gamagori, Mr Taylor, Mr Xanatos, Mr Callaghan, consider yourselves called out - you know, reading off all those men, I just realized how sexist my followers are, eurgh. There are a few women on this list too, but not nearly enough. Olivier, Sabriel, Power Girl...Actually, you know, pretty much everybody's interesting to the locals. I think all of you are on here, the list is like five pages long. We've just got far too many men here, haven't we?
[ And she sits back, her eyes focusing as she comes back to the window of her webcam. ]
Anyway, it'll only take about an hour of your time, and it's for a good cause. A series of good causes. Plus you'll get to talk about yourself, and I've never met anyone who wasn't at least a little bit obsessed with themselves. So...let me know if you're interested and I'll set up all the details.
Right. Anyway, thanks for listening.
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[He smiles wryly.]
And let's hope it goes a little better than the last thing I did for charity.
[i.e. authorize the robbing of a goddamned casino]
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[Jacob makes air quotes in the video, then rolls his eyes.]
It was a laundering operation for the crime syndicates. Thought we'd take away their money, and give it to some people who would do some good with it. Unfortunately, things didn't turn out that simple.
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[He sighs.]
Some of the charities didn't even accept the 'donations' we dropped off. They put two and two together after hearing about the heist, and didn't want to piss off the people we had taken the money from. And the media had a field day with what we did. Combined with that mobster who got killed, they had all the proof they needed to paint Archangel as the bad guys.
Things got worse and worse after that. People turned against us, and the criminals got tougher. Better armed. When the police shot up our base, the news treated it like a victory for the 'good guys.'
[Jacob trails off into a wordless scoff.]
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Damn right I am. Whatever mistakes Archangel made, they should go on me. The team was doing good work. They deserved better to get hunted and gassed like the criminals the police should have been fighting.
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I'm still sorting through where we went wrong and where we went right. There are a lot of gray areas. But I'm positive that we shouldn't have taken down the casino. It was a mistake that cost us a lot of credibility, and the enemy capitalized on that.