Most popular New post of 2025 (MPP1)

At this time of year, I always look back over the 12 months just ended to see which post was the most popular amongst the blog readership. In this first article, I look at the new posts added to the blog during the year.

 

Homoeros - Hill Billy Elegy 7

Stripped naked with his hands tied behind his back, hiker Leo is confronted by his scary, fem-dom nemesis at the Hill Billy camp. An image I did not include in my selection from the story produced by this year's winner, Homoeros. 

 

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The table below lists the most popular of the new mitchmen posts during 2025. I'm sticking with last year's method of simply counting hits with a mention of other factors in the notes.

(Titles have links to the original posts, column 4 shows hit rate ranking (i.e. hits divided by time since publication. On mobiles, the table is best viewed by turning your phone sideways)

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 New Posts at mitchmen in 2025

 

Rank	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Hit Rate Ranking	Pub Month	Note
1	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 1	1030	1	Feb	1
2	Dr Smith (Film 911)	667	13	Feb	3
3	Etienne's Medical Images	659	3	Sep	4
4	AI Art by Hongd542 - 1	644	11	Mar	5
5	Recent Art by Hongd542	634	5	Aug	5
6	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 2	620	14	Feb	1
7	Punishment of a Sailor (Miloinvinculis)	592	2	Oct	2
8	Milking Factories by Hijaden2	590	18	Jan	6
9	Most Popular New Post of 2024 (MPP1)	487	26	Jan	6
10	Milking Factory 24 by BedVC	476	6	Sep	6
11	Franco Milking Machine Art	469	12	Jun	7
12	The Art of Miloinvinculis	461	1	Nov	2
13	AI Art by Hongd542 - 2	451	20	Mar	5
14	New Art By 'Gay-Roman-Fantasy' (AI)	437	15	Apr	7
15	Milking Factory 25 by BedVC	436	7	Sep	6
16	Etienne - 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'	434	8	Aug	4
17	Julius Milk Collection	428	27	Feb	4
18	'Meet The Spartans' by Moosemind (AI)	416	17	Apr	7
19	Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai	402	4	Oct	7
20	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 3	401	23	Jan	1

 

(Stats collected on 31st Dec 2025) 

NOTES

 

 1.

In a year that seemed destined to be dominated by AI imagery, it was an old friend, Homoeros, using non-AI, render technique, who provided the most popular post of the year - and No 6, and No 20 (which literally crept in on the last day of the count!). His winning total did not match the 1475 scored by last year's winner, but comfortably beat the runner-up in both years. This artist regularly features in the mitchmen charts, but this was his first win in any category. His success was foreshadowed in 2024 by the interest shown in the 'Ross in Trouble' post. (View last year's table).

 

2.  

Homoseros' 3 posts had the benefit of a full year to pick up hits, which meant a poorer showing (at 9) in the hit-rate chart, which averages out the scores over time. On that measure, the laurels were won by Miloinvinculis whose spectacular, AI, water torture videoettes put him first and second in that chart. However his late appearance at the blog restricted him to 7th and 12th in the main chart. It remains to be seen if this promising performance can be sustained over a much longer period than the present, meagre 6 to 7 weeks. I have a feeling I will be posting more of his work which will stimulate interest.

 

3.  

The runner-up in the total hits chart was an article which featured medical interventions on hunks, by Dr Smith of Film 911. It was the only photograph-based article in the chart. I don't produce them very often, but there were three more just outside the top 20 this year - the cinematic Lost Patrol (22), the Chained Heroes' torture of Mercenary Nick (26) and the chilling, Dr Smith sequel, Mike, the Construction Worker (30). 

 

4. 

 

Arguably the best all-round performance this year was by 'Etienne's Medical Images' which came 3rd in both measures, demonstrating the lasting appeal of traditional art in the hands of the old masters. Etienne is a regular in these charts, benefiting from AI updates by other artists (Car Wash just missed the cut this year) and also my own promotion of his art, which gave him another entry at 16 with 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'. My revision of Julius Milk Collection images at 17 was the other traditional art entry in the chart. My own art 'Jimmy's Midnight Visitor' finished at 22 just outside the cut-off.

 

5. 

The top AI posts came from Hongd542 at No 4 and No 5. He had another at 13 and a fourth, 'Hongd542 - Part 4' at 21, was just edged out of the chart by Homoeros at the last minute. Hong manages to wring an exceptional level of sexiness out of the restraints of commercial AI, and his attention to clothing amply compensates for the low level of explicitness. He can claim to be the most popular AI contributor of 2025.  

 

Since posting this, I have learned that Hongd542's account at Deviant Art has been deactivated (see comment below). I'll keep an eye out for him returning elsewhere 

  

6.

It wouldn't be mitchmen blog without a Milking Factory in the chart. This year, Hijaden2's, relatively modest and delicate renders of latex-clad, milk drones had a head start in January, which enabled him to secure 8th position, holding off the late charge of BedVC's sensual, testosterone-dripping, rubber clad 'Combatants' in September in numbers 24 and 25 in the Milking Factory series. BedVC had to content himself with 10th and 16th positions, but gained 6th and 7th in the time-adjusted table (compared with Hijaden2's 18th position) showing it might easily have been a different story. 

 

In a more equal universe, however, he might have also been up against another strong contender - Milking Factory 19 by Ain Postolos. Posted in Oct 2024, it scored only 355 hits in 2025, but 579 on a time averaged basis since first appearing, which would have qualified for 9th place if I had allowed it. His most recent work seems to have deepened his obsession with cavernous holes and gushing, giant penetrations. Hot, but not the stuff of this blog. However, I have to concede that his 'Dungeon Milking' image is largely responsible for last year's edition of this MPP1 post, Most Popular New Post of 2024, securing 9th position in the table.

 

7. 

Also on the subject of milking, Franco's AI-updated versions of his famed milking machines captured 11th position, showing yet again his incredible ability to adapt to and exploit new technology. Franco is an ever-present in the 'all-time' table (MPP3) and his evolving style is well-documented here from traditional drawings, through photo-manips to his current, modern computer-aided style. You obviously can teach an old dog new tricks! His latest iteration gifts us even more handsome test subjects, all being relentlessly tormented by impressive-looking engineering.

 

Franco, newly reborn as an AI artist, heads up a gaggle of AI contributors in the second half of the table. Besides Miloinvinculis and Hongd542, we have Gay Roman Fantasy at 14 and Moosemind at 18 both featuring ancient civilisations with enslavement themes and men to die for. Gay Roman Fantasy, like Miloinvinculis, gave us a video - of a Roman Slave Auction, an impressive demonstration of what AI will provide as it matures. 

 

Tru3ai, at 19, is arguably on a par with Hongd542 in the sexiness stakes but with a leaning towards bondage scenarios. His position was depressed by a late start (in October) but judging by his 4th place in the 'rate' table he may do better as time goes by. 

 

AI posts secured 12 of the 20 positions in the table, but not the top ones, which perhaps tells you something about the present standard and capabilities of the technology in the eyes of the blog readers. However, the remarkable AI videos that formed a major element of the last months of the year suggest it is too early to pass judgement. 

 

8. 

There was another deserving post from late 2024 which might have registered in this chart had its publication date fallen more favourably. I find it hard to assign a genre to the luscious cartoons represented in 'More Art by Doodlefish'. Released in mid-December 2024, it stood no chance of registering in that year's chart, but actually scored 596 hits in 2025 alone (and 660 on a time averaged basis). Either measure would have easily secured a place in the top 7 for this year.  

 

Scores overall were marginally down on last year, with the cut being 401 hits vs 428 last yr.

 

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This year's table features articles based on photographs, comics, cartoons, renders, traditional art and AI. The wealth of gay, artistic talent enhances all of our lives in difficult times. Long may it continue!

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Next time - The most viewed post of all the posts at mitchmen during 2025. 

 

 

A big, big Thank You! 

to all my readers for your interest in my blog, 

I hope mitchmen has managed to divert you from the tribulations of the world in 2025

 

 

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

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Feeling Sexy Today?

His Trainer wasn't too impressed with Brett's New Leotard
but what happened next surprised everyone in the Arena!
see video below 

 

Video Art by Remixing Reality

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Army Folio 1

As always, here at mitchmen, my Christmas posts are dedicated to anyone who is alone or who feels alone at this time of year. I hope you enjoy this offering and all the other goodies from years gone by posted here. 

This year a selection of pictures from Mitchell's Army Boys Folio, which may be a regular feature next year following the success of the Cowboy Folio.

Mitchell - GI in the Slammer

 Like Tom in 'A Christmas Criminal', Buzz is spending Christmas in confinement. But he didn't have to spend it alone, the Sergeant called in to make sure he didn't feel neglected or cold. 

 An image from Mitchell not previously published.

 

Mitchell - Night Manoeuvres

 

'A' Company captured a hostage from 'B' Company during Night Training Exercises. 

They stripped and tied him to prevent his escape.

Then decided to wait for morning, before negotiating his return.

The Night Manoeuvres continued until dawn.

 

 An image from Mitchell not previously published.

The Antidote to Xmas Excess?

For a spanking good read after your Christmas excesses,

 try 'A Christmas Criminal' by Mitchell. 40 coloured images.

 

Selected Christmas articles

 

Jamie's difficult family  

Sex Starved Snowman 

Christmas Wishes 

Planet Gay's Fetish Christmas

The Season of Chastity 

The 12th Day of Christmas 

 

or click on the Xmas label for the lot! 

Captivity Art by AI-Heroic-Captor

 

AI-Heroic-Captor - Teaser

This artist's images bring secret fantasies to life, like what to do with that hunky workman who just turned up at your house to paint the ceiling. 

 

Captivity images and great AI gifs by AI-Heroic Captor

 

AI-Heroic-Captor - Cop Stripped of Authority (GIF) 

 

 There are two ways to view cops in homoerotic art, 

as givers or takers of authority. 

These are a good recommendation for the latter 

  

AI-Heroic-Captor - Police Officer in Peril

 

 

 

AI-Heroic-Captor - POW Muscleman's Moans (GIF)

 

Grunts in the Middle East forge new friendships 

 

 

AI-Heroic-Captor - Hamunaptra's Curse

I'm sure the curse extends quite a lot beyond a bit of roughing up and abandonment at a tourist destination. This explorer's probably going to get a beginner's guide to mummification.

 

 

AI-Heroic-Captor - Sister's BoyFriend  (GIF)

 

 Envy is a marvellous thing,

if you handle it right! 

 

 

Joel Miller - The Last of Knots [GIF] 

 

 A slightly perplexing title for this animation 

that for me is the sexiest of the lot

 

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AI art by JovialDragon777

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject A301

As his name implies, JovialDragon777 has a light-hearted approach to his fantastical situations. In his 'Subject' series, he documents the reactions of men, restrained to face unspecified trials. One involving what looks suspiciously like a hairdrier in the example above. This subject appears to have arrived on a trolley, which is seen folded down while he takes his turn on the cross. He's still standing on the trolley platform. 

The whole series has been given a subtle Christmassy flavour, which makes perfect sense in the context of publication during the festive season. However, linking to the season of goodwill will seem a cruel irony during the rest of the year. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject J209

The extensive cabling leaves little doubt about the agent of discomfort in this example. The purpose of these trials, ostensibly, is to select and develop a cadre of recruits able to undertake the most demanding of 'missions'. The poster on the wall, bluntly points out the criteria to the latest prospect who is in the process of failing his test miserably.

 This artist takes a great interest in styling, there seems to be a 'Jules Verne' flavour in the imagery here (as in Hollywood's interpretations of the great author). The Victorian-style, pseudo-scientific underpinning of the exercise is reflected in the assistant diligently making notes at the side. There's a corresponding, low-key element of steam punk in the background detail.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject G888

 This artist has eclectic tastes and his examinations deal with men of all ages, builds, and skin colours. This is one of my favourites, the strongest of stereotypes, most likely to succeed, you might think. The steel collar certainly fits his persona more than the other subjects here, but he too is about to be presented with his own nemesis. Possibly one not on the official test schedule.

The unusual restraint arrangement, utilising a tilted table, creates a sense of instability for the captive and his struggling makes him seem energetic and defiant, adding a great deal to his character and the drama. The scientific samples in the wall cabinets imply a cold, scientific motivation behind all this, but the behaviour of the lab staff is less objective.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Subject X001

There are presently 19 other pictures in the 'Subject' series in which the artist explores other, more exotic ways of testing a man's mettle. In this case, it's the Tentacled Graspmoor. The X-spread vulnerability of the subject as he 'faces' this challenge, suggests the creature's forte is not so much grasping as probing. 

 

The note taker seems more at risk than him in the image above, but I dare say that the experimenters have a way of drawing the creature to the intended quarry. Perhaps 'scenting' of the target is the purpose of the object in the lead technician's hand, which might otherwise be mistaken for a microphone or babies rattle.

 

Jovial Dragon777 -Autumn Crush 006

This artist's back-catalogue is loaded with the usual AI fare of beautiful, muscular men, but his 'Autumn Crush' series is a particularly arty and colourful collection. He makes these models work for their eyeball time, sometimes spicing their poses with humorous, erotic innuendo, as in the double spouted, tea/coffee pot above and the more ambiguous object in the image below.

Jovial Dragon777 - Autumn Crush 035

There's a delicious vulnerability and neediness in this man that is unexpected in one so remarkably handsome. We find him passively communing with nature and goodness knows what else. The pumpkin stalks seem to be waiting in line for their turn, or maybe it's just excitement. 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 36

 Spacesubs is a delicious fantasy featuring men, often characterised as sports men, who have been abducted in a Jules Verne-style spacecraft and find themselves alone with a character dressed in a Venice Carnival mask and little else. Unreality, isolation with a mad man and fear of flying combine to make in a complex fright situation. His anxiety might also be related to being restrained with his sports top still on and nothing down below. It looks like he can rule out being ransomed.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 040

In much of Jovial Dragon's art, naughtiness is implied but not actually shown. This SpaceSub has clearly had sight of what is in store and it's not table-top soccer. A big, mature man, he's about to have his orbit extended. Unfortunately, the nearest help is thousands of miles away.  

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 017

 

More sinister possibilities are seeded here. The bizarrely masked captor gently touches his subject's back, but since he's dressed in leather fetish regalia, this approach doesn't suggest a cuddle party is pending (even if his leathers are brown).  

My captioned variant rules out the simply lascivious option.

 

 

Jovial Dragon777 - SpaceSubs 032

I particularly like this hunk, in a similar leather harness, diligently recording the bewilderment of a basketball player who has yet to discover the full range of discomforts available on this vessel.  You will observe that the other illustrations suggest there is a whole fleet of Vernsian spacecraft out there, waiting to pounce on subjects of interest.

  

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 011

In Xibalban Dreams, we see idealised men elaborately clad in ironmongery, roaming the mysterious ruins of their ancestors, now engulfed by the forest. Searching for the lost key, perhaps.

 

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams 07

 The 'noble savage' gets a bad press these days, but shorn of its derogatory colonial connotations, it's an ancestry any man could be proud of. Catastrophe may have overtaken his civilisation, but its crafting skills and impressive genes live on in this survivor.

Jovial Dragon777 - Xibalban Dreams040

 A device like this adorned some beefcake models in the 1950s as photographers sought a sleeker alternative to the dowdy, posing pouch. Their solution was clenched between the cheeks*, this one seems to rely on some other form of support. Possibly internal? A little impractical for the jungle, I would have thought. How would he cope if he was jumped by some sort of forest creature?

*See Royale Mechandising post for context 

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more of his work and a link next time 

Targeted in the Jungle

1AwakKatMane - Fight to the Death

 

With climate change, Skinny Dipping is getting a lot more dangerous!
Patient predators await the unwary

version with caption 

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This artist has come up with a great idea here, giving the tentacles theme a real life believability. The soldier's nudity in the face of an organic threat is highly erotic.  He plays more with the snake theme at his DeviantArt page, but not often as successfully as this. The male characters are great, but AI struggles to make the beast do what it wants.

 

1AwakKatMane - Anaconda in my Bath

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Make Men Wear Shorts

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Vampire Feeding Chamber by RealMenAI

RealMenAI - Vampire Feeding Chamber

   This AI realisation of the Vampire theme by RealMenAI is a long way from the romantic seduction of 'Vampire Visitor'. Instead, the video features two men who are already his prisoners. Bathed in a chilling, blood-red light, they await the arrival of their captor, knowing that they will be unable to resist his supernatural powers. 

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Vampire Visitor

 

 'Vampire Visitor' continues my recent selection of AI videos that seem to scale new, homoerotic heights in the genre. For a start, it features a handsome young man in a tight, white T-shirt who strips off at the sight of his approaching nemesis. There follows a highly erotic submission. The finale is the sort of thing you might expect - melodramatic, but it rounds off the story neatly. 

Technically it's imperfect, the 'screen hold' seems to go haywire halfway through, but it doesn't spoil the watch IMO.  The ambition of this piece is laudable 

 

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More by this artist GayVampireIsNice on 'X'

AI art by Guy Winfield

Guy Winfield's art reproduces classic, 'guy in trouble' scenarios. 
That means there are lots of men tied up in their underwear.
All captions here have been added by me, but I link to the unaltered originals.

Guy Winfield - Unexpected Visitor

'The lone camper' is a theme that exploits isolation and vulnerability and draws on the horror library of rednecks who don't welcome uninvited guests. Sometimes the camp invader is a figure of authority or a lawman, enforcing the rules of a protected wilderness. It's not clear whether this man fits into that category, but his muscles and tattoos create an intimidating effect without any need for a uniform. It looks like the camper won't have the option of refusing his invitation anyway, and I dare say he won't be putting on his clothes for it either. 

 

There's another example of the genre in my post about tru3ai, also in otklad part 3, Stonecrooze and a video realisation starring Logan Vaughn in The Cabin. The take by Jonathan featuring camping buddies is one of my favourites.

 

All captions in these images are by mitchmen,

View Artist's Original uncaptioned version

Guy Winfield - Cop captives impersonated

The perils of the wilderness are not solely reserved for the young and fit (as was graphically demonstrated in 'Deliverance'). These two unfortunate cops seem to fall in-between those extremes. Their patterned underwear gives their plight a comic twist as the villains speed off in their uniforms and car. No doubt heading for a role-playing convention. If they had left the cops in their tighty whiteys or less, it would have created a very different effect. However, the men who roam these woods at night are probably not that discriminating.

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View Artist's Uncaptioned Original

 

 

Guy Winfield - No Trespassing

Both captor and captured alike in this variation seem to be dressed in military garb, which doesn't quite gel with the artist's title. Infiltration by the other side isn't usually regarded as trespass. Perhaps civilians who are caught on military land in these parts are punished by automatic induction into the armed forces. The camp guards must carry supplies of army underwear to get them started. I guess that's their civilian clothes going up in smoke in the background.

(or perhaps a companion who suffered an even worse fate, Sci-Fi style).

 

 

Guy Winfield - Overpowered Pilot

This is one of a series, which the artist seems to see as a hijacking scenario. Another uniform-based impersonation scam. However, there are rather dark associations with that since 9/11. My caption visualises a more frivolous scenario, the result of an on-line, Christmas shopping spree by a distant, very rich potentate.

 

View Artist's Uncaptioned Original

 

Guy Winfield - The Real Guides (1)

 The artist has also produced a number of variations on this theme, based on the idea of villains stealing the uniforms of two safari guides, so that they can rob the tourists booked in for the trip. 

 

The image is capable of less innocent interpretations than that, of course. It looks as if these two men have been parcelled up and are waiting to be shipped out.

 

Guy Winfield - The Real Guides (11)

 

The crossed legs bondage in this variant is more severe and seems to imply more than simply detention and immobilisation. It's a punishment reminiscent of unethical POW treatment in some parts of the world. In the safari context, these men might be poachers, caught in the act and awaiting shipment to prison. Could be a bumpy ride.

 

 

  

Guy Winfield - The Real Guides (5)

This variation (see artist's unaltered original) seems to depart from the Guide impersonation scenario completely, unless this is an forlorn escape attempt to raise the alarm. 

 

It might be another poacher punishment, of course, but it reminded me of the 'Stud Hunt' scenario of Amalaric (see 'The Thrill of The Chase', image 507 onwards). 'The Hunt' (2020 movie) had a similar plot line. In my variation, the quarry is severely handicapped, suggesting near-certain capture by the pursuers. However, the hunting mode is non-lethal, so that the hunters can enjoy their catch afterwards, however they wish. 

 

There's a slightly edgier caption in my X-post from this group

 

 

Guy Winfield - Impersonated

 

This image of a delivery van being hi-jacked, and its driver stripped of his uniform, has created a splendidly dramatic underwear exposure.

 

However, I get the impression that this hijacker is going to take his captive with him - for his own private, nefarious reasons - or maybe to spare him the night terrors of the forest. He might even be on a mission, sent to collect this man who was caught by a male-order recruitment squad, while innocently walking his dog in the early morning. 

 

If you look closely, you'll see that the captive has an unusual, non-organic shape in his underpants, rather like the base of a well-known sex toy. That may provide an additional explanation of his discomforted expression. His introductory training has already started.

 

Guy Winfield - Stripped For The Uniform

Despite the title, it looks like this chap has been stripped for more than just his uniform. It certainly doesn't look like his attacker is about to leave without him. His fierce expression does not exactly suggest he's got everything he wanted. I don't suppose he wants to leave all that rope behind, either. 

 

It's possible that he has just informed his captive that the polka dot under-shorts will not be needed where they are going. It's no good, looking at us for help, mate. We don't like 'em either!

 

Guy Winfield -First Day in Detention

The artist's understated title here leaves the way open for the usual cracks about cute guys being popular in the prison - with the guards and with the scary inmates. The tape gags might be taken as a none too subtle hint of severe disciplinary standards within the walls, with no talking back tolerated. 

I wanted to find a different slant for my caption - see below.

 

Guy Winfield -First Day in Detention

Escape Rooms are supposed to be fun, bonding adventures according to the blurb. But what would happen if men with dubious motives got hold of the concept and made it rather more difficult? 

These three buddies were probably not expecting to be stripped like real convicts, but it really added atmosphere to their experience. The handcuffs and gags would obviously make puzzle-solving and collaboration more difficult but, hey, they were up for any challenge. Still, the electrified belts seemed a little unfair, they hadn't expected to be punished if they got the puzzles wrong or didn't behave as they had been instructed. 

It was only when they were locked up in separate, sound-proof cells that the truth began to dawn...... 

 

Guy Winfield - Arrested Gangsters

 These two, cute gangsters have come to the jail house dressed in rather nice matching shorts. Tape gagging arrested men isn't normal, but I expect they deserved it. It stops them getting the same story lined up. Could make for some interesting body searches and interviews too. No wonder their expressions are so grim!

 

Guy Winfield - Dutch Football Team in Trouble

 For some reason, soccer players don't have quite the same appeal to me as their burly rugby equivalents. Their shorts always contrive to disguise their undoubtedly chunky thighs. However, this image scores with its tight bondage, pec effects and with No 2's semi-excited reaction to being tied up. They are all peering up into the sky, as if a helicopter is coming in to land. Coming to take them away?

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