M Ravi a Singaporean former lawyer and anti-Death Penalty activist known for defending clients facing the gallows in Singapore has died at the age of 56. It was reported that he consumed drugs before he died and his friend was arrested for consuming drugs with him.

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• Barney Fan Q&A/Giveaway (click here to learn more)

Remember Barney & Friends from the nineties and 2000s? That series, co-produced by Connecticut Public, shaped an entire generation! We're celebrating Connecticut Public's win at the 4th Annual Signal Awards with a special community Q&A in honor of their podcast titled Generation Barney! Fans can submit a question to the team for a chance to have it answered in an exclusive interview! All valid participants will be entered into a giveaway sponsored by Fandom.

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It’s time to crown the best animated Disney film of all time for Fandom’s Disney Bracket Challenge Giveaway. Sixteen iconic films, from modern classics to nostalgic masterpieces, will compete for the top spot, and fan votes will decide the winner of every round. Which film will come out on top? The fans decide! The most accurate prediction wins a $50 Fanatical Gift Card!

• KPop Demon Hunters Halloween Events Recap (click here to learn more)

Last month, the demons came out for spooky season! The celebration surrounding the year’s biggest animated film kept going strong through Halloween, with the K-Pop Demon Hunters Wiki community leading the charge on themed festivities—including one special event sponsored by Fandom. We’re highlighting the full slate of Halloween community events hosted by the K-Pop Demon Hunters Wiki and shining a well-deserved spotlight on the talented creators who contributed their artwork, stories, and passion throughout the celebration.

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I had noticed a few Criminal Minds villains that perform the 7 Deadly Sins Carl Buford, Clark Preston, and Linda Barnes.

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• K-Pop Demon Hunters Events (click here to learn more)

The demons are coming out during this spooky time, but have no fear because the K-Pop Demon Hunters are here! That's right, the celebration of the biggest animated film of the year continues on and this spooky season, join us in the K-Pop Demon Hunters Wiki community for two Halloween events! Get ready to summon your inner artist with the "Spooky Strokes: Halloween Art Event" and unleash your inner ghoul, glam, or goblin with "Gwi-Ma's Masquerade: Halloween Costume Event". Show off your spookiest K-Pop Demon Hunters artwork as you celebrate with a fun showcase and show-off your Halloween costume for a chance at some fun prizes. Select entries may receive additional surprise rewards sponsored by Fandom.

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• Table Progress Tracking Update (click here to learn more)

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We’ve updated our Community Creation Policy (newly renamed to Community Creation and Content Policy) and introduced a new companion page: the Notability Guidelines. The updated policy explicitly bans wikis that provide medical advice, expands rules concerning living people and duplicate wikis, and links to the new Notability Guidelines.

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Was Emily talking about Sid's deodorant after she and Derek finding Sid's body? Emily said "Old Spice" so I assume she was talking about the popular deodorant brand.

I have noticed that, when BAU members are working on cases involving traumatic events they have personally experienced, they tend to act irrationally and even lose it occasionally. For instance, when JJ is working on a suicide case, she is constantly talking about how her own sister committed suicide, and Morgan cannot stay professional and objective when working on child molestation cases. I also find it strange that they are constantly referring to their own experiences when talking to victims or witnesses or even when interrogating suspects. JJ will often say: "I know what you are going through, my sister killed herself when I was eleven", and Morgan will typically say: "I am speaking from personal experience, I was also molested as a child". But are professionals like profilers supposed to bond with persons of interest in an investigation by referring to their personal trauma? For instance, I think such behavior is considered unethical in the code of conduct of therapists.

There is this episode where Morgan went to interrogate Carl Buford in prison. Would that really happen in real life? Morgan was still clearly suffering from what happened to him as a child. And, in season 14, the team went to JJ´s hometown and, although she was clearly upset from the beginning and very emotional about her sister´s suicide, she was put in charge of the SWAT team going after the UnSub responsible for her sister´s death. How realistic is that? You would think that objectivity would be the most important thing in these situations. How easy is that when you are overwhelmed with emotion?!

Wouldn´t a more rational and realistic approach be not to let JJ work on cases involving suicide, especially by a teenager, and Morgan not work on cases involving child molestation?

In one of the earlier episodes, Jordan (who replaced JJ during her maternity leave) lied to someone about a traumatic event in her own life in order to gain that person´s trust. Hotch later told her that was unacceptable behavior, saying "We don´t lie to obtain information". But is it really acceptable to mention personal trauma to gain a person´s trust and obtain information, as long as what they are saying is true? To me, this is about BAU members playing two roles: that of a law enforcement official and that of a victim/grieving relative.

I just finished watching seasons 12 and 13. In episode 6 of season 12, Reid and JJ go into a underground bunker (where doomsday preppers are hiding) without backup and without even telling their team where they are. That is a mistake not even a rookie would make. I know real life profilers do not go out in the field, but this seems too unrealistic even to be fiction. The preppers were not even in any immediate danger, so they could have waited for backup to arrive.

More generally, I have been wondering about all the team members with PTSD allowed back in the field, although this is not without risk. The latest one is Reid. He went to Mexico to source an unapproved drug for his mother, ended up at a murder scene, suffered from amnesia, and was arrested and incarcerated. While in jail, he was beaten up and saw his friend murdered in front of him. He must have been suffering from PTSD when he was released; yet, he was allowed back in the field, as were Hotch and Elle Greenaway after they were shot. Elle turned out to be unstable and left the BAU after an incident, but I am surprised their superiors did not learn from their mistakes. Nobody even seemed to think twice about letting Hotch continue as unit chief after beating Foyet to death following Haley´s death. But nobody can escape physiologically unharmed from such a trauma.

If the BAU was real, the members would be responsible not only for each others´ lives out in the field, but also the lives of many other people. They need to be emotionally stable and able to distance themselves from their own trauma, and for that they would need therapy, most likely for years, and would not be allowed out in the field until declared fit for duty. It seems the BAU members come back far too soon, and continue to show signs of erratic behavior without any action from their superiors.

Don't get me wrong, I love it, but I don't get Hotch and JJ's friendship. It feels lived in and genuine, but never explained or explored. I love the idea that the two of them have a 'taking under the wing' relationship. It's a right sight better than what they tried to do with Elle and Gideon. But all we know is that Hotch from season 2 really likes JJ. Now, of course he does. Why wouldn't he? But he's comfortable and warm with her in ways he isn't with anyone else. He always picks her to come with him when he's dividing the team on the jet. Every. Single. Time. And shares more personal details with his life with her than the others, even before JJ had Henry and they had the common ground of both being parents. Have I missed something, or did the show writers miss gold mine of opportunity to expand here?

Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani terrorist who was sentenced to death in India for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and injured 300 others. He was the only terrorist captured alive as 9 other terrorists had been killed by the police. He and the other 9 terrorists had been linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) an Islamic terrorist organization from Pakistan. In 2012, he was executed by hanging in Yerwada Jail and was buried outside after Pakistan refused to take his body. In 2013, an Indian Hindi film titled "The Attacks of 26/11" was released with Sanjeev Jaiswal as Ajmal Kasab.

We have already discuss JJ`s case (how she was forced to leave the BAU to work for the State Department, and suddenly came back as a profiler after previously being the BAU press liaison officer).

Gideon and Rossi are often referred to as the founders of the BAU, and after Rossi left, Hotch became the team´s second most experienced profiler. When Gideon left, Rossi came back. It was never clear how much experience Morgan and Reid had in season 1, but they seemed like fully-fledged profilers (so I imagine they would have gone through training and also worked for a few years in the field?).

But how many members who later joined the BAU have gone through training to become profilers?

Elle Greenaway: she was a cop in season 1 and worked with the BAU on a case. Suddenly, she was a profiler.

Emily Prentiss: she was said to have been "working overseas" (Interpol). But was she a profiler? When she showed up in season 2, she said her transfer to the BAU had been approved, but Hotch said he never approved it and he was not keen on having her join his team. It was never clear to me if and when she trained to become a profiler?

Ashley Seaver: she was recruited while still in the FBI Academy so cannot have been trained as a profiler?

And what about Kate Callahan, Alex Blake and Luke Alvez?

The only one who seems qualified to me is Tara Lewis who is a clinical psychologist.

A bit OT, but I find it strange how they always deliver the profile together. Team member A starts, then team member B takes over, and immediately after s/he stops talking team member C continues. Would they not have to rehearse it in advance in order to know exactly who says what and when? On the other hand, how would they find the time to do that, since they are looking for dangerous criminals and every second counts? It just does not make sense. And would they really need the whole team to deliver a profile?

Hey everyone, i am currently working on an essay regarding criminal minds episodes and the gender of the offender. The uni course is about culture and gender studies (i live in germany).

I want to highlight two episodes/topics. I remember one episode about women who got together to kill men, who raped children (maybe even their kids) (08x02 the pact), since this shows an atypical offender and plot (most criminals are male).

But i am also looking for a "typical" criminal minds episode/offender. First thing that came to my mind was a story about a man, that kills women who look like his mom, because she was a s*x worker (and made him watch or something like this). I can't exactly figure out which episode it is, maybe someone knows? Or has anyone other ideas, what a typical male offender story is?

I am very happy about other thoughts, ideas and impacts to this topic!

Thank you

(i am currently on season 12, but if later episodes are relevant lmk)

I am watching season 9 right now and there was this episode about JJ´s past in the State Department. She was sent to Afghanistan to interrogate female prisoners. She used to be the press liaison for the BAU before being transferred (against her will) to the State Department. It was implied in season 9 that her transfer was just a cover for a classified military operation abroad. But what made JJ, as a former press liaison, qualified to participate in such an operation?

Also, when she returned to the BAU in season 7 (after she and Rossi plotted to get her to come back), she was a fully-fledged profiler who seemed as confident as the most senior profilers, and often came up with the missing clues. But would a profiler not require years of training? It seems JJ did not need that; she just stepped into the role as if she´d never done anything else.

I've been doing a lot of editing on the wiki lately and I've noticed that there's some categories that I feel should be added. However, I'm not sure what the steps are that are needed for adding categories on the wiki and I'm curious if anyone could shed some light on it.

Hello, I'm still figuring things out on this wiki and I don't quite know where to ask so I figured this would be the best place. I wanted to ask if there was a page for minor characters (Victims or side characters that are briefly seen/mentioned) like there is for Minor Criminals (for reference Season Five Minor Criminals).

On another note but still related, I was looking through a couple pages (writing this while looking at Retaliation & The Uncanny Valley) and realized that characters aren't listed. (Like victims or some other smaller characters) I understand they probably aren't credited in the credits of the episode/aren't as important which is why they may not have a full page dedicated to said character. As I said, I just wanted to ask if there was a page for Minor Characters (I’ve looked a little but haven’t found anything), and if so if I could write a couple characters down.

I HC that spencer kept Alex Blake's badge!!

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• Table Progress Tracking feature (click here to learn more)

We previously announced Table Progress Tracking, a new feature that adds checkboxes to wiki tables. The testing phase is complete, and the feature is now available on all wikis! If you're unfamiliar as to what the feature is, it allows you to track your personal progress, directly within wiki tables. You can keep tabs on what you've already done, and plan for what's next. With this feature, you're able to track episodes you've watched, collectibles obtained in video games, merchandise and more!

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Welcome to "Off-Platform with Fandom", a segment where users on the Fandom platform come together to have a conversation off the platform. I had the absolute pleasure to host two roundtables with eight incredible users on some of today's biggest wikis as we celebrate wikis who have reached their 20th Anniversary milestones!

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I have no issue with Evolution bringing in an LGBTQ+ relationship/storyline. I know fans have been clamoring for one for a very, very long time (Looking at you with a slight side eye, Jemily shippers). That being said, I am having a very difficult time allowing myself to root for the Rebecca Wilson (Nicole Pacent)/Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler) pairing. Their relationship adds almost nothing to the series except a little token representation and unnecessary drama. Beyond that, Rebecca is possibly the crappiest partner I have ever seen; she whines and complains that Tara is not supporting her but also doesn't seem to know how to be supportive of Tara or use her own common sense. I cringe when they share a scene or when Rebecca's on screen. I just don't see Rebecca as a good partner for Tara, and with the way the latest episode ended, I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach about their relationship. Also, why are Tara/Rebecca the only ones whose relationship gets any focus? Rossi and JJ both lost their spouses, Emily's and Luke's are not fully known right now and Penelope is a (sorta) single lady. It makes Rebecca and Tara feel like the only reason they're being focused on is because Aisha Tyler has come out within the last 4 years. Additionally, I'm worried about what the final episodes of the season have in store for them given this week's episode. Just me, or does anyone else feel this way?

Do you know whats ironic in this episode?

Machismo is masculine pride and yet the strongest characters in the episode were women