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1. GEMMA W͟A͟R͟D͟S͟

Gemma Ward is an Australian model and actress. She was discovered at the age of 14 whilst accompanying a friend to a model competition, where she ended up being scouted herself. At 16, she became the youngest model to appear on the cover of American Vogue.

2. COLLEEN C͟O͟R͟B͟Y͟

Colleen Corby is an American retired model. She is best known for her work as a teen in the 1960s, as well as for her modeling work in department store catalogs from the 1960s and 1970s, including those of Sears, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, and others.

3. T͟W͟I͟G͟G͟Y͟

Dame Lesley Lawson, widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the swinging '60s in London.

4. BRANDY N͟O͟R͟W͟O͟O͟D͟

Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model and actress. Born into a musical family in McComb, Mississippi, Norwood was raised in Carson, California, beginning her career as a backing vocalist for teen groups.

5. KAYA S͟C͟O͟D͟E͟L͟A͟R͟I͟O͟

Kaya Rose Scodelario-Humphrey is a British actress. She first came to prominence co-starring on E4's Skins (2007–2010, 2013), receiving two Golden Nymph nominations for her portrayal of Effy Stonem.

trump on shutdown: They want illegal aliens to be taken care with healthcare. I have a bigger heart than they do… Obamacare was never any good. They want transgender for everybody…

Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie

Whoooo I can try. Please keep in mind this is based on memory and my own perception of things, both of which are highly subject to being dead-ass wrong.

I came to Spuffy fandom during the summer between S6 and S7, and in absence of having seen a good chunk of the show (for context: S2 had only just been released on DVD, streaming services were nonexistent, and FX played reruns multiple times a day) I devoured fic and episode summaries. As far as I recall, my introduction to claiming was the story Out of My Head by AJ Hofacre. It was one of the first Spuffy fics I can remember bingeing, which puts its original publication date around 2002. Claiming, I was told at some point, had its origins in the Vampire Masquerade RPG. I have RECENTLY been told this is wrong, but having never played it, I cannot say for sure. What I can tell you is that vampire romance of the early 00s played with the idea of fated mates long before that term became a marketing tool. I started college in 2003, and was introduced to vampire romance, which I ALSO started to devour in conjunction with Spuffy fic. Christine Feehan was one of the earliest authors I read (incidentally, I do not recommend her books of this era as the men are terrible) but fated mates was prevalent in her Carpathian vampire world. Finding THE ONE. She wasn't the only one; Katie MacAlister had something similar (her fated mates were called Beloveds, iirc), and I did intensely enjoy her Dark Ones series. Whether or not it's aged well, I cannot say. There were others -- many, many others. It was very common in the popular vampire or paranormal romances released during that time. I don't think this popularity has ever gone away, either, just taken new forms over the years. The first fic I wrote with a claim would've been after Cupidity, so probably getting into 2003-2004 territory. Whether I saw more claims in fanfic before I decided to do it, I don't know, but I have to imagine my decision to start writing them was a combo of having seen it done already in AJ's work and the amount of PNR I was devouring that included similar concepts. Anyway, I started writing claims, and my fics became known for it (for better or worse). The rules were always up to the author to determine (at least, that was the way I approached it). I'm not sure how personally responsible I am for claims being popularized in 00s-10s Spuffy fic, though I know I wrote them to the point of redundancy at a time where I was especially prolific (tip on being prolific: be a student with a part-time job still living at home rather than an adult with stupid adult shit to do). It could be that other authors were reading the same books I was reading and developing the same ideas; I remember much of fandom being around my age at the time (which was YOOOOOOUNG) so we might've jointly gone on this journey together. But also, this is how fandom culture evolves; someone sees a thing, likes it, and recreates it. I know I am heavily associated with claims (I am mentioned in fanlore and everything!) but again, not sure how much of that is how history has decided to remember it or how much is true. I just know I liked 'em and wrote 'em until I took my fandom break in the early '10s.

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⌖﹕﹝👽﹞ ⸝⸝𓆩 futuristic tech claims for my DR.ᐟ⋆｡: ஐֶָ֢ ᭪

. ˚ ! ┊͙◟̆◞̆ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴍᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇ ᴘᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴀʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ , ʙᴜᴛ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍꜱ to ʙᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ʙᴇʏᴏɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ !! ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀʀᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ “ ᴊᴜɴᴋ ʀᴇᴀʟᴍ ” , ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʟᴏᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴏʟᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴏꜰꜰ : ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ / ꜰɪxᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴀᴅᴠᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴇᴄʜ - ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴇᴄʜ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴄʜᴀꜱᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ futuristic ʀᴇᴀʟᴍ ! ── ꒰﹒⌗ ౨⌨️ৎ ˚ ₊ ‧ ꒱ ❞

˖ ︵ ꕀ (﹙₍ᐢ.ˬ.ᐢ₎˚⚠︎₎﹚) ꕀ ︵ ˖

๋࣭ ₊ ⋮ 🌐 ⌝ ♡ ༝ ˚ ㅤᵕ̈ [⩇⩇:⩇⩇] ☄ 🖱️ ゛

. ׂׂૢ︵𓄰 “ 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑒𝓇𝓈 ” ᩧ ׂ ᘡ🎧›

ꕥ ˚ ⊹ ପ 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 / 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 , 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 : 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 / 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 ⩩ •ﻌ• 𓈒 ⥽ ݁

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︶ ₍ 📁 ₎ 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒 ⌯ 𝑔𝒶𝒹𝑔𝑒𝓉𝓈 ... ⍛ ﹘ ﹡

𖦥 ⚟ 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 (𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴) 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴(𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺)๛ ᷅ °

︶︶︶︶﹀ ↷ ꒱......°

𓄲 ╱ 𝒻𝓁𝒾𝓅 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈 ︶ 𝜗𝜚 ʾʿ ⬞

ˏ⸉ˋ‿̩͙ 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 !! 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴/𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 ‿̩͙ˊ⸊ˎ

┉ ˏ͛ ༝̩̩̥͙ ⑅͚ ˚　 ҉　　⑅͚ ˚ ͛ ༝̩̩̥͙ ˎ┉

𓂃{𝒻𝑜𝓁𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝒽𝑜𝓃𝑒˙˚˙꒳˙˚˙𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 } .ᐟ

૮꒰ ྀི>⸝⸝⸝< ྀི꒱ა ¹𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 , 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘴𝘦 !! ⋆˙⟡ ²𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘵. 𝘪 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 , 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯 / 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 ✩‧₊˚ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

꒰ 🦴ؘ ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ┆┆🌌⌣⌣⌣⌣⌣🔭🐑

꒰ྀིঌ⋆₊𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓁 𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒𝓉𓈒𓈒𓈒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅𓏲𓇬˚

࣪ ʾʿ ¹𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 : 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 , 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 , 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 ‧₊˚ ²𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 , 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪’𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 : 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 / 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 ┆ ៸៸꒷ˎˊ˗

◠ . ◠ . ◠ . ˚₊ ꒰ ᐢ｡- ༝ -｡ᐢ ꒱﹕ ‧ ₊ ˚ . ◠ . ◠ . ◠

𖨠 ──··· 𝓂𝑜𝒷𝒾𝓁𝑒.·:¨¨:·.𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓇 ۶ৎ

╭⊹˚꒰ ¹𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 ▓ ²𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴, 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 ɞ˚ ‧ ｡⋆

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⋆.˚⏻ ¹𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 , 𝘪 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴/𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴 ᯤ ²𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 , 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 , (𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 / 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 ⊚⃝⸜(｡∵｡)｡°✩