I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten
Critics Consensus: Back to Black's sympathetic approach to its subject's story is an overdue antidote to the tabloid treatment she often received in life, even if the end results are disappointingly pedestrian.

	Score	Number of Reviews	Average Rating
All Critics	36%	69	4.50/10
Top Critics	38%	24	4.50/10

Metacritic: 49 (18 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
The film’s snaky on-and-off power begins with the British actor Marisa Abela, whose lead performance nails Amy Winehouse in every look, mood, utterance, and musical expression. - Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Back to Black is, like its heroine, flawed and fallible but frequently very affecting. - Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
Tells the story of Amy Winehouse but shows no passion in telling it and has nothing to say about the events that transpire. It’s the utter minimum of what a biopic can be. - William Bibbiani, TheWrap
There are other, tougher, bleaker ways to put Winehouse’s life on screen – but Abela conveys her tenderness, and perhaps most poignantly of all her youth, so tellingly at odds with that tough image and eerily mature voice. 4/5 - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
There are moments when Abela disappears and Winehouse bursts on to the screen, like a magic eye picture blinked fleetingly into focus. But the film is wildly uneven and prone to catastrophic misjudgments. 2/5 - Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
Because of the cautious gloss, the film is perhaps less enlightening or truly tragic than it might have been. 3/5 - Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph (UK)
The final scene, in particular, with its completely and utterly baseless, sensationalist implications, made me physically gasp in horror. 1/5 - Hamish Macbain, London Evening Standard
The ending, of course, is sad... Yet, for all its faults, the film is more celebratory than tragic. 3/5 - Ed Potton, Times (UK)
Back to Black is a fitfully enjoyable little package that will do wonders for the careers of Abela and O’Connell. But unlike Winehouse’s oeuvre, it’s not worth taking seriously. It’s just too afraid of the dark. 2/5 - Charlotte O'Sullivan, Independent (UK)
The film seems too tame, too tasteful, too frightened of alienating the fans: everything that Winehouse was not. 2/5 - Tom Shone, Times (UK)
[Amy Winehouse's] music remains in a different creative galaxy to this dispiriting film, which is at once twee and ghoulish. 2/5 - Danny Leigh, Financial Times
Sure, you will learn more – and hear more of the original recordings – in Asif Kapadia’s great documentary Amy, but Taylor-Johnson does a decent job of making a tight drama from the same tragic yarn. 3/5 - Donald Clarke, Irish Times
This is a middle-of-the road biopic about a musician who was anything but. It’s not great and it’s not terrible. 3/5 - Stephen Romei, The Australian
It has such reverence for Winehouse that it lacks the honesty the 2015 Oscar-winning documentary Amy was able to present. 2.5/5 - Wenlei Ma, The Nightly (AU)
A solid performance let down by a script that cherry-picks the facts and ultimately tells us less than we already know. Watch Asif Kapadia’s Amy instead. 2/5 - Hayley Campbell, Empire Magazine
Offers a pallid account of Winehouse’s story, ironing out some thornier issues, and bringing little that’s new, either in fresh revelations or distinctive angles on the familiar. - Jonathan Romney, Screen International
This is better than I expected (although my expectations were low). It does seem softened at the edges, and one can never forgive a falling-in-love montage set at London Zoo -- ever -- but I (mostly) didn’t cringe and it is respectful, if painful. - Deborah Ross, The Spectator
In her attempt to put the woman back at the centre of her own life, Taylor-Johnson has at least captured an addictive personality and achieved a powerful portrait of doomed love. - Kate Mossman, New Statesman
It is as salacious and cruel as any tabloid cutting from the noughties – only invested in the bloody ballet pump left in the street, not the complexities of living a very public life with addiction. 1/5 - Rogan Graham, Little White Lies
Everyone involved in the film approaches the late artist with love and respect, but its tawdry instincts and misguided sense of responsibility let her memory down. C- - Vikram Murthi, indieWire
Bizarrely, the one thematic thread that Back to Black does seek to tie its tale together with is the singer’s desire to have a child. 1.5/4 - Ross McIndoe, Slant Magazine
Like Winehouse herself, the film teeters on the edge, hovering restlessly between genre-subversive brilliance that complicates celebratory narratives about artistic genius, and well-worn, re-hashed tropes about tragic women. - Rebecca Harrison, Sight & Sound
A strong cast, in particular a stirring performance from Marisa Abela, is not enough to effectively convey the chaos and the tragedy central to the story of such a beloved artist. 2/5 - Linda Marric, HeyUGuys
Its punchlines lack punch, [but] what it does have is a frankly dynamite central turn from Marisa Abela. - Mark Kermode, Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
SYNOPSIS:
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
CAST:

• Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse
• Jack O'Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil
• Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse
• Lesley Manville as Cynthia Winehouse

DIRECTED BY: Sam Taylor-Johnson
SCREENPLAY BY: Matt Greenhalgh
PRODUCED BY: Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, Nicky Kentish-Barnes
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Sam Taylor-Johnson, Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Joe Naftalin
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Polly Morgan
EDITED BY: Martin Walsh
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Sarah Greenwood
COSTUME DESIGNER: PC Williams
MUSIC BY: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
MUSIC PRODUCTION BY: Giles Martin
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Iain Cooke
CASTING BY: Nina Gold
RUNTIME: 122 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2024

I (F) love my current boyfriend, we have been dating for about 6-7 months. Earlier in our relationship we made plans for our future, but over time, I don't think we'll be able to meet those plans. And I've seen some guys that I think would be a better "fit" for me. I’m gonna do a "Reasons" list, Imk what you think. • Also he's not funny, and humor is a #1 priority for me 1. He doesn't speak English as a first language: It can be quite difficult for me to communicate with him due to his kind of poor English, and his family doesn't speak English at all. I don't think our families would communicate well. He also has trouble understanding my point in things 2. He's made the same mistakes over and over again: If he knows I won't like something, he does it, then tells me LATER, either if I found out or he accidentally tells me. An example is when I first met him he said that I was the first girl he's ever truly loved, and that he didn't LOVE anyone before me. Then 6 months later, recently, I saw his old messages with a friend from a few months before we started dating and basically, he said that he was in love with a girl, wanted her "so bad", wanted her to "be his so bad" and said he got teary eyed when his friend gave him advice for her. This REALLY hurt my feelings, as he lied to me and hid that from me for however long. So yeah there's that. And there's also other things. He just apologizes, says he'll fix it, but then doesn't. 3. I honestly don't find him that attractive: I know this sounds mean, but honestly... I've lost my attraction for him. He's just not my type 4. We have an age gap: It's not big, but at our ages it IS a big deal. I really don't think it would work out 5. I have my eyes on another guy. I've been considering breaking up with him for a while. And for the past week l've talked to this guy (in class only), he's funny, cute, smart, tall, and we have a similar childhood & background & our families speak the same language so there's no language barrier. I have imagined being with him instead and it makes me feel so guilty. 6. I really don't think it would work out. Not in really any aspect. Our families don't speak the same language, we come from different backgrounds (saying it may be harder for our families to bond and "understand" each other), I'm not that attracted to him, our age gap, and everything else mentioned above including other unmentioned things. Why I don't wanna break up with him: He is really sweet. I can see he WANTS to be the best boyfriend for me, but he just can't. He loves me a lot and cries a lot abt me when we argue or etc. I care abt him and don't wanna hurt him. He does try his best, and he still does make me happy sometimes, but he makes me sad too. Sorry for talking so much, it's just a big topic for me. I really do want to break up. I just don't wanna hurt him or regret it. Please Imk your thoughts asap.

I (F) love my current boyfriend, we have been dating for about 6-7 months. Earlier in our relationship we made plans for our future, but over time, I don't think we'll be able to meet those plans. And I've seen some guys that I think would be a better "fit" for me. I’m gonna do a "Reasons" list, Imk what you think. • Also he's not funny, and humor is a #1 priority for me 1. He doesn't speak English as a first language: It can be quite difficult for me to communicate with him due to his kind of poor English, and his family doesn't speak English at all. I don't think our families would communicate well. He also has trouble understanding my point in things 2. He's made the same mistakes over and over again: If he knows I won't like something, he does it, then tells me LATER, either if I found out or he accidentally tells me. An example is when I first met him he said that I was the first girl he's ever truly loved, and that he didn't LOVE anyone before me. Then 6 months later, recently, I saw his old messages with a friend from a few months before we started dating and basically, he said that he was in love with a girl, wanted her "so bad", wanted her to "be his so bad" and said he got teary eyed when his friend gave him advice for her. This REALLY hurt my feelings, as he lied to me and hid that from me for however long. So yeah there's that. And there's also other things. He just apologizes, says he'll fix it, but then doesn't. 3. I honestly don't find him that attractive: I know this sounds mean, but honestly... I've lost my attraction for him. He's just not my type 4. We have an age gap: It's not big, but at our ages it IS a big deal. I really don't think it would work out 5. I have my eyes on another guy. I've been considering breaking up with him for a while. And for the past week l've talked to this guy (in class only), he's funny, cute, smart, tall, and we have a similar childhood & background & our families speak the same language so there's no language barrier. I have imagined being with him instead and it makes me feel so guilty. 6. I really don't think it would work out. Not in really any aspect. Our families don't speak the same language, we come from different backgrounds (saying it may be harder for our families to bond and "understand" each other), I'm not that attracted to him, our age gap, and everything else mentioned above including other unmentioned things. Why I don't wanna break up with him: He is really sweet. I can see he WANTS to be the best boyfriend for me, but he just can't. He loves me a lot and cries a lot abt me when we argue or etc. I care abt him and don't wanna hurt him. He does try his best, and he still does make me happy sometimes, but he makes me sad too. Sorry for talking so much, it's just a big topic for me. I really do want to break up. I just don't wanna hurt him or regret it. Please Imk your thoughts asap.

hey! i made a cute remix of b2b by charli xcx! been obsessed with this song and played around with some sounds! but i don’t usually make music like this! 🖤🖤🖤

I have both green and black godzilla buzz, and i noticed that while i get a full pin set + spray + player icon for green godzilla buzz, i only get an icon for black godzilla buzz, so this made me think: is red and black godzilla buzz are going to be just a version of the normal godzilla skin, which you could buy for 50 gems after purchasing the green godzilla buzz? Same with leon, crow, bo mecha skins, when you get a normal version for 300 gems you could get a recoloured one for 50 gems and this would only give you one pin

Hello,
first: This is not my experiment, I am just trying to help my wife.
She had to do a group project with two other guys. The guys did the coding in PsychoPy, my wife did most of the required tests with people. The one problem: The two other guys made a mistake.
(A small part of) The Experiment:
One Loop/Block was about images, that were seen in blocks before. You had to put them in the correct sequence. In the .CSV I can see if the test subject did it right or not (1 or 0 in .CSV).
The Problem:
The images are seperated in two groups (Fantasy-Pictures and Horror-Pictures) and chosen at random.
First you see a sequence of 6 Fantasy-Pictures (FP), then 6 Horror-Pictures (HP) and a key on your keyboard, that it belongs to. This repeats once again. After this, you get 6 pictures shown and you have to press the key, that they belonged to. You don't see the key this time.
In the PsychoPy generated Savefile (.CSV) it only shows if the test subject did guess correctly. Not if it was a FP or HP.
The Hope:
Is there any chance, that this info would be saved in the .Psydat? How could I open it in a readable state?
Thanks in advance and sorry that i can't be precisely. I don't know PsychoPy myself and just trying to help my wife.

Hey, for some reason I am just not able to pass hcaptcha when logging in to for example shop.app (Shop Pay). I've had issues with captchas on Linux based images before so I tried both WSL2 and a fresh Ubuntu VM as well as a fresh Windows VM and have no issues on those with Brave (Chrome and Chromium will sometimes fail on WSL2). I'm really at a loss, this is reproducible by just running the kasm-brave:1.15.0-rolling image and trying to login on ShopPay (shop.app/pay/authentication/login), you don't even need to use a valid account, basically any attempt will throw a captcha and after you solve it you get a 401 saying unauthorized, this does not happen on my Ubuntu VM, WSL2, Windows VM and bare metal systems. If anyone can suggest me some tips to figure out the root cause here that would be immensely appreciated. I have dumps of the fingerprints hcaptcha is looking for, and I ruled out fonts being the issue (I copied over my fonts from the Ubuntu VM to the docker container and verified with browserleaks.com/fonts that they were installed properly), I've noticed a few discrepancies like time zone being off but modifying those through Devtools -> Sensors utilities unfortunately made no change either, I've also tried disabling hardware acceleration so that the video drivers match the browser properties of my WSL2 browser but that also made no change. Another idea I had was that maybe the mouse movement is being flagged by some AI model but by logging in only using the keyboard I can make sure (by checking the motionData parameter) no mouse data is being sent to hcaptcha and Kasm will still fail, while my other test setups have no issues. The last thing I have ruled out thus far is anything related to TLS fingerprints, I'm not terminating TLS at any point and I confirmed this by checking browserleaks.com and making sure that Grease shows up as well as a unique fingerprint.
Again if anyone has any thoughts please let me know!! Also a reminder that it seems vendors are able to tweak their hcaptcha settings so it might be that hcaptcha will work on other websites, thus far I have only been testing with ShopPay (shop.app/pay/authentication/login) since this one fails 100% of the time.

HIIIII!!! I 21F overthink alot and I was wondering if anyone who is Japanese or have been to japan could look at my virgo moon overthinking and see if I was being delulu or if this waiter was flirting with me and if I should try to pursue it. This all took place in a Japanese bar. B-31M Bartender (European) T- 20M Waiter boy in question (Japanese) K-ME (Wasian) first when we got there the first time. He gave me drink recommendations.gave me a phone charger bank without me asking cause he noticed I needed one. Was the one to set up my birthday stuff, and also asked me my name and when said it in Japanese went “really? That’s cute” he kept checking on me and then gave me another recommendation without me asking. And made the drink himself and gave it to me. he kept coming to talk to me about his time working at usj and then took our picture. he took a shot with me and taught me how to say cheers in the “young adult way”when I was given birthday stuff he was the one to come up to me and tell me to sit. I look over and he is standing behind me with both his arms fully up and going crazy. he also gave me water immediately after our shot together he then ran to me when he thought we were leaving even though it was sooooo busy. he ran to the elevator to say goodbye to us. The elevator is outside the bar and he left his post to come say bye. Next day. When I enter he immediately smiles and goes “K!!” And then brushes his hair back so it’s pushed back. Then I sit at the bar , not the tables and he finds every reason to come up to me and try to talk to me. (His post is the tables not the bar) He gets a coaster from right next to me when he could’ve just gone to the other side of the bar to get it or somewhere else. He gives me a recommendation again and leans super close.Friend noticed he kept trying to get into my line of sight and talk to me. I was sitting near the close area of the servers and everytime he came over to check the orders he would glance at me and see me and try to talk to me. He told me his favorite drink and tried super hard to talk in English. He told me when he was getting off and wanted to take a shot with me got me water without me asking cause he remembered I didn’t like the shot. He said goodbye when he was leaving to just me when he talked to us he only talked and looked at me. He coughed and I went you ok? In Japanese and he looked over and smiled and went yes yes don’t worry .He gave just me his instagram and immediately after work liked my story. When talking about the servers to B he would come over and try to join the convo.We asked B ages of everyone and even though it was busy T came over and suddenly asked us ages. He asked friend one and went ok ok.. skipped my next friend and went “K ???” And I went Oh “21” he was so excited and said “03”??? And I said yes and he was admit that we should be friends because we were the same age. (My other friends were all 03 as well) Asked us what we did and kept wanting to see my pictures of me in my kimono. He kept coming over to the bar and asking B about us.The kicker is that B told us once T was getting ready to leave, “Do with this information what you will, but T has a girlfriend…” I am confused as to why B told me the T has a girlfreind as wouldn’t he tell me that beforehand or did he only tell me after?

Nothing like kicking down Women amirite fellas? Jokes aside, I enjoy plenty of Female Artists, but im specifically talking Mainstream here, I would even argue Women are POSSIBLY better vocalists, debatable but still
Here are the highest selling Female Artists ever, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Beyonće, Madonna, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Adele
Now we get to the highest selling Male Artists, Michael Jackson....the Beatles, Led Zeppelin....Elvis.....Rolling Stones.....Pink Floyd.....Prince.....Elton John.....Queen......Stevie Wonder......Eminem.....Jay Z......Kanye West
While I absolutely respect a lot of the music by those Women listed, there is no denying that those Male Acts made greater music, sure Rihanna's great, but does she have an Album that goes toe to toe with Thriller? Abbey Road? Led Zeppelin IV? Dark Side of the Moon? Purple Rain? Does Beyonće, Swift or Madonna have an album at the level of those? Does Beyonće have a song on the level of Stairway to Heaven? Does Gaga have a Billie Jean level Pop song? Does Britney Spears have a song as good as Sympathy for the devil?
When you look at the best Albums of all time list, it's dominated by Men, best Guitarists? Drummers? Best Rappers? Best Producers? Male Dominated,
This is just a random list but if I was to name a top 10 "Greatest" acts ever? I seriously doubt a Woman gets in there, maybe Madonna scumbags her way in based on how iconic and influential she is? But other than that Men make better music, look I love Women, I love Music made by Women, I'm just having a bit of "Gender Battle" cheeky fun, I do think Males make better music overall

Post was inspired by a 1973 William Friedkin interview. Before filming The Exorcist, he set out to find certain sounds that, in terms of pitch and volume, work on the human psyche. One of the sounds in the film was produced by a close mic pickup of a bee buzzing around in a jar. The sound was re-recorded sixteen times, with each individual recording plugged in to a keyboard synchronization that took the pitch up a sixteenth higher each time. Added to that was a separate recording of pigs being led to the slaughter. Those sounds, when mixed together, produced a sound that was otherwise impossible to describe, and made the viewer squirm in their seat. Just one example. Any other noteworthy uses?

I now realize that since the age of 5, I've always had memories of being emotionally and sentimentally attracted to boys.
During my childhood, girls' bodies really disgusted me, unlike boys'.
I couldn't explain why, but a body without a willy between its legs disgusted me deep down.
I felt psychically different from other boys, because I sensed that something was wrong, without understanding what.
At puberty, I began to feel a strong sexual attraction to boys.
And throughout my adolescence, it was all the time and every day that I was sexually attracted to boys and their willies.
I had secret crushes.
I felt psychologically that I was exclusively homosexual.
But I couldn't come to terms with my drama because I was so ashamed and disgusted with being gay, and I had a lot of internalized homophobia.
Being gay also made me feel very weak in relation to the others, and I had developed a real inferiority complex in relation to the other boys, because I was the boy who couldn't seduce girls despite looking very cute, and it was confusing for the other boys that I never had any girlfriends. Some of them suspected I was gay, so I tried hard to get interested in girls.
Despite this internalized homophobia, I still felt gay in spite of myself.
But I couldn't deal with my drama.
Today I've accepted myself and I'm aware that psychologically I'm gay in my head and always have been, and that my personality has been influenced by my homosexuality. I'm convinced that my personality would be different if I had been straight.
I am who I am because I'm gay.
Have you always felt psychically gay and is it visceral?

Guys with glasses and cute smiles are just so adorable. I wish i can just keep them in my pocket and be with me all the time lol. So yeah! I'm really attracted to someone who's smart and has a passion about something. I would love to support you about it and in return, just love me genuinely :)
About me, I'm from Philippines. I'm an introvert and usually a homebody but would also love to travel if given a chance. Currently about to graduate in a few months (wew!) I have a long hair, an average body, pale skin and has dimples.(but u can only see it if you made me smile genuinely!)
I just want to warn you that if i get comfortable with u, i can be a little clingy. So if you find this interesting, let's exchange pics in chat and let's see if would vibe.

It’s late and I don’t really have time to properly journal sooo here are some points:

• I went to the play tonight and it was utterly wonderful! It was quite a creative approach and was so funny at times. Many of the actors played multiple parts and they did some of them so brilliantly. Like Sir Walter and Mary? Definite standouts. But they’re such funny characters, funny is such a lazy word and doesn’t quite cover it but whatever. I didn’t like the Frederick in the movie, and I didn’t much like him in this play either. I love the character but idk, the way he seems to be portrayed is so… twatty. But the love story between them is so romantic, if a little tragic. Anyway it was amazing. It was a very small theatre and so some of the times the actors were staring straight at me while reciting their lines and it was so unnerving, but I didn’t want to look away in case it disrupted their focus. It only happened like that twice, and then the other times I could look elsewhere. I get so uncomfy when people look at me. I know it wasn’t looking at ME though, which made it more bearable, I was just in the middle and someone for them to focus their eyeline on so that made me feel less… seen. Also they had weird puppets as the children which was so funny and clever.
  
• We talked last night about his friend and holy mother of god we can absolutely NOT talk about it ever again because it truly sent me feral. I had to sleep on the other side of the bed because of how wet I got. NEVER AGAIN. But all day I’ve not thought about his friend, but the way Andy spoke to me, I can’t remember exactly what he said which annoys me but he said new things like about how wet I was and things and throughout the day I’ve had thoughts about what maybe he said and I get tingles from head to toe and like I’m glowing inside. He’s so goddamn hot shsgagahagakjasg. I’ve felt bad today, because he said he didn’t want to talk about it again after last night which I agree with but I feel guilty because I couldn’t exactly hide how into it I was. I’m now dreading the day I meet his friend M. I think I’ll be “sick” every single time. I mean I won’t but ffs, I get anxious meeting new people as it is, imagine how hard it’ll be meeting him while at the back of my mind I have an image of him slamming me up against a wall. I resent the fact we talked about this. J is okay, M is absolutely not. Anyway. Last night was insannnnnnneeeeeeeeeelllyyyyyyt good.
  
• I had puppy today, he’s so cute. He’s super fluffy at the moment and he slept at my feet while I worked.
  
• I just realised I haven’t really eaten today, I had some vegemite toast around 11 and then nothing since. I’m kind of peckish but it’s 9:26pm so I’m going to wait til tomorrow.
  

I don’t want to think about anything else to journal now, I just wanna spend time with my honey. I missed him a lot today, idk why I miss him more somedays? I know I can be quite a clingy lil thing though, but he said he doesn’t mind that and kind of likes it so thank god for that. I hope he still doesn’t mind it? Hm. Anyway. Night night

Sarah Ludden, often recognized as the daughter of beloved TV personalities Allen Ludden and Margaret McGloin, has carved out her own remarkable path, distinguished by her dedication to the arts, fitness, and the preservation of her family's illustrious legacy. Her journey is a testament to the power of versatility and the importance of balancing multiple passions to create a fulfilling and impactful life.

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In conclusion, Sarah Ludden's journey is a testament to the power of versatility, passion, and dedication. From her early influences in the entertainment industry to her impactful work in the arts and fitness, Sarah has carved out a unique and fulfilling path that honors her family's legacy while also championing her own passions. Her story is one of inspiration, reminding us all of the importance of pursuing our dreams and giving back to the communities that shape us.

Noble team is attached to the UNSC's army unlike most other Spartans who're navy elements that often work with the marines in typical navy fashion. The troops you work with for the majority of Reach are soldiers, not marines or seamen. (Spacemen? IDK if that changes in the future) This changes near the end of the game where the army force that Colonel Holland is tied to has clearly taken massive casualties and Noble Team starts working with ODST's, a marine element, and on the final mission are working with the spread-out marines of the Pillar of Autumn.
By the time new Alexanderia is lost the battle for Reach is as well and the UNSC starts to hard focus on asset denial and not victory meaning noncritical troops are being pulled out like Noble Teams supporting army elements. Special forces units like ODST's and Spartans are clearly hanging behind for those burn ops with marines taking up posts to ensure extraction onto the Navy vessels as the last mission showed but it's clearly not a full-on battle but a slow retreat.
As Halsey mentions by the end of the game Noble seemed like they weren't under Holland's command anymore and if anything during the last missions Noble was in a way being transferred to the crew of the Pillar of Autumn to not only get them off world but to deliver their package. This means Holland likely had all of the assets he's told to worry about close to his chest. His soldiers are unable to keep in the fight from casualties, his troops unable to deal with hostile supremacy and operational tasks beyond them with a retreat being sounded. While we don't have a confirmation, he made it off Reach, Holland likely got his people together and left the planet. Again, as Halsey stated, events beyond his grade were happening, so his roles and tasks were being circumvented and with him nor his units critical to the fight anymore they likely pulled out.
Now for those scared that the cute marine could likely be one of the many casualties, I'll let you know that mass casualties for a batllion of troops is 2 people being wounded. That ceases battlion operations because of what is one of the funniest domino affects. It goes like this.
"Oh no, my fireteam has two guys wounded, now my squad leader doesn't want to stay in the fight because he's at half power. Oh no, we're down a squad so now the platoon is at 3/4's power and doesn't won't to risk engaging while weak so they're pulling out of the fight! OH NO! We're down a platoon so now the Company is at 3/4's power and the captain doesn't want to risk advancing with such a weak force. OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH NNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The battlion lost an entire company because 2 guys in a team got wounded so the squad leader didn't want to press so the platoon leader didn't want to press and thusly the captain didn't want to press so no the LTC has an entire company down of his battalion so they're at 3/4 power and don't want to press! OH DARN!"
This is of course what happens in modern war, but you get the idea. If casualties are what pushed the army elements of Noble out of the fight it's likely not as grievous as you might think. We don't really do the whole WWII/Vietnam levels of casualties anymore; we learned our lesson of not charging into machine guns, letting the enemy just bomb us or pressing with half a platoon into hostile space.
So while the cute soldier does seem like a go-getter, they likely weren't KIA. Odds are they pulled back with the rest of the army, left with Holland and went to Earth. The reason we didn't see them in Halo 2, 3 or ODST is they weren't apart of the marines and not in Africa. If anything, the special unit Noble was a part of has some rather insane clearances being tasked with not only adding Spartans, having elite pilots in the Sabre program but defending Sword Base she and any survivors were likely moved to a hush post somewhere where ONI was safe. If anything the force that was with Noble might be one of the most secure units to be apart of in the UNSC.
So yes, you can write your fanfic of her survival and eventual turn into a Spartan IV muscle Mommy who makes Sarah Palmer look like a chump because she worked directly with Noble Team during the battle of Reach and has the example of real Spartans.

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Novel - PEACE IS WHAT I WANT
Author note:-
How should i start. Lets say. I am just a student[19 M] And today i am going to start a writing a novel. Well... ...its always good to start a new work.
Enthusiasm...
thats what i am now feeling. I can't describe it in words. I can say that my grammar is bad. Umm so bad.
English is my second language. But i am going to try. I am going to persevere.
I am starting a novel on indian mythology. Well like indian sects.
Months ago.
I am just scrolling reddit. Seeing the memes on fy. And laughing my ass off.
unknowingly i stumbled on a comment and the comment is-
just think how if a cultivation novel based on indian mythology. Like There are 28 states in india. So.
We can make 28 sects and like this. And india is also a sacred country.
Just think there are so many mystery like kailash parvat( Kangrinboqe Peak).
So many mystries...
I was just staring at the comment something was rising in me.
Like this is my destiny. I am going to be a great writer. I will make millions of money. So i procrastinated this idea. Well i am a good procrastinater..
Months later today at 1 am on night while wasting my time on scrolling reddit.
I am suddenly feeling something. I am feeling like i have to do something productive. i have to make money So i thought to write a novel. Well its not going to the level of RI or Lotm. But i can try to make it good. I will daily use my 4 hours in this work.
I know i am not going to make any money on this.
But i am atleast trying to make something new. I am not good in studies.
No no no...
Its like i had never focus on studies.
From 2 years daily minimum 5 hours... I am reading novels.
Just novels. To cultivation to progression fantasy. Just novel.
But the idea of writing novel I always procrastinated that.
But today i am feeling so much enthusiasm i am going to start it now.
Special note-
If anyone wants to be a part of this journey. join me in this wonderful journey.
Well its going to be not paid. Its like internship. You will learn something. Like i need a editor. If any of you who is interested in this journey. You can dm me. Lets start.
I am clarify now this first chapter is something i am just writing it to describe. What is my potential. Like it will be my first novel and there are so many challenges i am going to face it. I am human afterall... I will going to make mistakes obviously. Day by day my writing will just going to improve.
Just adjust a bit.
You will definitely going to enjoy.
Chapter 1 - ITS STARTING
Hahahahah.
This is hilarious I have just wrote that I am going to make a wonderful novel and see I can't even type anything on my keyboard.
As i am seeing on my laptop. My frustration is increasing. How should i start. My patience is dropping. What should i do.
Lets make a boy first
Indeed hes going to be a poor and orphan.
Wait.
Its going to same cliche novel. I have to make something new. Something like Fang yuan.
First chapter of REVEREND INSANITY is goated Hes just standing hes hair floating and his clothes are in blood. He is smiling.
A cold smile. And then sac and boom
Explosion
....
Wait wait wait... This is going to be edgy. I have not any experience i have not any talent. How can i make a sacred novel like RI This is my first novel. I have to start with good mc.
.. My mood is swinging. I am feeling frustrated. How can anyone will going to read this garbage. I had not even make a world building. I had not even decide the name of the novel. Stupid so stupid. As i am staring on the screen. My patience paid off.
I turned off my laptop I stand up from my chair. And saw the time.
Its 1 am.
If my father found about that i am wasting my time in these things instead of studying. Than raj you just say goodbye to your writing passion.
I am just a average person.
Your average who got always average marks . Average look
Average talking skill.
Average money.
Well i am going to make it. But HOW.
...as i am thinking what to do How to write something great
. Suddenly my electricity gone.
Its rare. Well where i am living i had never seen electricity gone. Because i am living in a hostel. College hostel. And it is very expensive one. So when electricity goes out generator works.
Glad part about its. All of my study expenses is on loan. I am belonging from a middle class family.
But my father agreed for my private college as i convinced him that i will pay. I will pay everything believe in me last time. ...
I opened my room gate and went to the main hall while adjusting my torch light.
I can hear students are shouting. Well it is because human always find fun in everything
so many of students always wait when will the electricity goes and they will shout loudly. Its a fun thing. Really. its first time that electricity gone. So students are shouting too loudly. Make it more fun. Well i also join them. And also start shouting at high pitch.
Suddenly i stopped. Staring at the wall.
No no.
I am staring at the void.
In front of my eyes.
There was a blue screen.

 『Welcome to the gods heir』 

It was so unrealistic. I thought that this is my dream. I touched the screen with my limb. But the funny part is. My limb goes through it. Like it is a hologram.
My thoughts are spinning.
How can this happen. Its utterly impossible.
I had read so many webnovel i had already assumed so many scenarios like this. That there will be screen come from nowhere in front of you and you will say status and-
Wait status How can i forget this.
In my rough voice i said - "status" And i am believing that there will be a status screen will come.
And my life will take a 180. Degree turn But to my surprise there is no screen came.
1 sec...
2 sec...
Sudden a somber expression appeared on my face. A kid who always growed up while reading novel. A system is always his dream.
3 sec... 3.4 sec- And than
A voice heared in my mind.

 『 STATUS Name- Raj aggarwal Level- 1 Class- homo sapiens Sub class- None Stats/skills/shop/?¿? 』 

As i stared at the screen. My lips raised upwardly. This is what i want This is like my dream I always wanted a magical world.
A rpg type world where gods and demons are fighting. I will increase my level while fighting monsters. What..What is there any chance of my being alive in this scenario. This world is going to change. I have to change. I have to protect my family. Family...
**Shit.. shit..
My family lives 100 miles from here.. If this system is real and everyone can see it. Then soon chaos is going to erupting. What should i do now.. Take a bus or metro. No no .. Think think.. Well lets call them first..**
.
I opened my phone screen and saw the battery.
Shit..
8 percent. It can work for few minutes or one hour max I called on my moms number.
**Ring...
Ring...**
My heartbeat is increasing
*Ring... *
A women voice heared in my ear
-"Hlo, raj are you fine. What.. what is this screen. Everyone can see it. Everyone is panicking. You have to hurry.... come home as soon as possible".
I am glad that my mom answered my phone. While I staring at my screen i answered-"
don't worry mom.
There is nothing as panicking. Calm down. Just prepare some weapons like your knife, baseball. And locked the house. Do not open the door.
And tell my little brother that i am coming. Theres nothing to worry. Everything is fine."
I convinced my mom that there is nothing. But a gloomy senstation was felting in my body. I has to hurry.
As i glanced to the main hostel reception. A men with black beared.
Brown skin. Black eyes and in red shirt and black pant is standing there My warden was also in the state of shock. I went to him. Seeing me his eyes became focus. He called my name.
" RAJ CAN YOU SEE THE SCREEN ALSO"
He remembered my name indeed worthy of warden position I nodded. "Well its strange-he said to me while looking at the main gate. The gate was big and transparent Made of glass. I also see outside. Utter Darkness
Worrying if any type of dragon come here and just make this college campus in ashes. I glanced to other direction.
More and more students came from there room. Many were studying in their room. Many were gaming in their room. But i don't care because i don't have any friends. ..
But what i am doing here... When a sytem comes to the world You will granted with many powers. But what i have to do. As i thinking.
I stepped out on a ant.
Well its there problem being a short and came under my limb.
...The words on my screen crazily gone and swapped by a another words

 『 You are 137th one to killed a living being. 』 『 you got 5 true points』 

A crazy expression came on my face.
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So I have an office friend and we keep on lightly flirting but none ever makes any move. We formed a very close friendship though. I really can't gauge how interested they are, I assume we're both scared.
Yesterday I made a comment (inside joke that's hard to explain without giving too much details) thay we don't really have any cute managers. To which he replied "what about X?". I was surprised by this because I genuinely don't remember saying that, maybe I did. My point is - he remembered, out of all things I say every day he remembered that I called other dude cute maybe 2 years ago.
I am fairly sure we're crushing hard on each other. There are other small things, like he has sent me once a song with this text for example ( I asked for relaxing mueic reccomndation and he send one song!!)
Smell of you baby, my senses, My senses be praised Smell of you baby, my senses, My senses be praised Kissing and running, Kissing and running away Kissing and running, Kissing and running away Senses be praised Senses be praised
Or he commented about "wireless kiss" that I have send on couple of occasions to my other colleague. I shouldn't have but it's my warm and welcoming personality.
I really like him but I don't know what to do. I can legit flirt with everyone but him.
Can you people help me please?

Hey there,
I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out for some advice and support, particularly from fellow females, regarding a challenging situation in my relationship.
My boyfriend and I are both in our early twenties, and we've been together for almost a year now. Our relationship has always been incredibly special to me - we've built a strong foundation of trust, communication, and love. We've always been there for each other, respecting boundaries and caring deeply about one another's well-being.
Recently, a month ago, my boyfriend's mom passed away, leaving him with the profound loss of both his parents. It's been an incredibly tough time for him, and understandably, he's been struggling. I've been doing everything I can to support him through this heartbreaking time. Whether it's suggesting outings with his friends to distract him, or taking him out, cooking his favorite meals, or just being there to listen when he needs to talk, I've been trying my best to ensure he feels loved and cared for. Additionally, we both have similar work, so I help him out with his work stuff so he could slack off and do other things he likes doing, like playing video games.
However, amidst all of this, I've found myself feeling a bit forgotten. Our time together has decreased significantly, and the energy and passion in our conversations seem to have shifted. I understand that grief can be all-consuming, and I empathize with the immense pain he's going through. But despite knowing all of this logically, I can't shake this feeling of loneliness and disconnect.
It's not that I doubt his love for me - he's reassured me countless times that he loves me just as much as he always has. But it's hard not to feel like I'm drifting away from him, like I'm somehow slipping through the cracks of his grief. I miss the closeness we used to share, and it's been weighing heavily on my heart.
I'll give you an example. We don't live together, so whenever we meet, on our way back, he'd text me a lot of cute stuff, including how pretty I looked and how lucky he is to have me, and just stuff like that. And he has stopped doing that, and my mind can't help but overthink that something's wrong with our relationship or that he doesn't love me anymore.
To add to this, a recent incident really threw me off. My boyfriend cracked a joke, and I told him it was uncool and made me feel weird. He got mad at me and said he'd stop cracking jokes altogether. I feel like I can't say anything or do anything without walking on eggshells. We used to communicate openly about things, even the little stuff, and about my mental health. But now, he just makes me feel bad for expressing my emotions, and I can't help but feel like he resents me.
I want to support him through this challenging time, but I also don't want to neglect my own emotional needs in the process. I'm struggling to find the balance between being there for him and taking care of myself, and I'm not sure how to navigate this delicate situation without adding more stress to his already heavy load.
If any of you have been through similar experiences or have any advice on how to cope with these feelings of loneliness, disconnect, and walking on eggshells while supporting a grieving partner, I would deeply appreciate your insights.
Thank you all for taking the time to read this and for any support or guidance you can offer.