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barxlupin · 7 months ago
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Muses' Sexualities
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Maurice Leblanc: gender non-conforming, bisexual (male-leaning)
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Georgette Leblanc: gender non-conforming, bisexual (female-leaning)
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James Joyce: pansexual
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Murasaki Shikibu: bisexual
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Henry Poe: homosexual
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Ted Geisel: pansexual
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Arthur Conan Doyle: demisexual
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Patrick Süskind: pansexual (female-leaning)
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dokidokiadventuresahoy · 2 months ago
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, LET'S DRESS UP (Part 1)
(pics as seen on the sister page, @magicalincorrectrobodokiquotes)
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kiwxxtellation · 5 months ago
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Conseguir adiar a sua ida para a história que lhe foi destinado, com certeza foi um enorme presente que aproveitaria ao máximo. Decisão essa de ter se afastado do instituto para tentar construir a sua própria história como bem entendesse, seus últimos meses no lugar só foram tristes e sofríveis, odiou tudo o que foi obrigado a passar por inexperiência de muitos, incluindo a dele mesmo. Henri não estava tendo uma boa relação com o pai e, muito menos, estava querendo voltar para o lixo que Gaston chama de casa, muito pelo contrário.
A decisão de viver na cidade próxima do escola era exatamente para se manter longe daquele círculo, a começa pelo próprio Gaston, ainda que tenha que ficar mais tempo longe de seu pai, LeFou. Estava no bar, servindo algumas bebidas antes de voltar pro seu pequeno apartamento na parte de cima do estabelecimento, uma vida bem simples para quem era herdeiro e cheio de regalias. Ainda era o favorito de Cruella, ainda se vestia muito bem, era elegante e sensual como sempre, e ainda fazia marmanjo chorar porque não estava afim de ir pra cama com eles.
Henri estava quase terminando quando ouviu a porta e se virou para dizer o seu costumeiro — bem vinde, o que deseja? — que sempre fazia quando algum novo cliente chegava. Se surpreendeu com a presença de Lowell, que independente do tempo que passe, das relações que tem, das histórias que construía, ainda fazia Henri perder o ar por segundos enquanto o seu coração batia em um ritmo completamente descompassado. "Oi. O que tá fazendo aqui?"
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incorrect-atlwcs · 9 months ago
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young henri: what are you writing?
young etienne: the government wants to know what kind of weapons we have in the house. i'm letting them know it's private information.
young sophié, looking over etienne's shoulder: this just says 'fuck around and find out' in calligraphy
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idridian · 1 year ago
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Henry V (1966), Stratford Festival Company of Canada
kate: it is not a fashion for the maids of france to kiss before they are married henry: ok but counterpoint
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"A Pirate Needs Her Crew" Clip
“Oh don’t be fooled, missy.” Polly mused. “SOME NIGHTS, the waves would be rockin’ and the urge to pillage would grow! The stormy nights always awoke our desires to pillage!”
Beat.
“But THAT’S a story for another night.” she mused.
“Aw come on.” Henry groaned. “Just one more?”“ENCORE! ENCORE!” Emily cheered.
Polly sighed “One. More. Okay, mateys? Because I want to save the more juicy ones when we know each other better.”
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Frances cheered.
Polly smirked. “Ya remind me a bit of Ricardo.” she mused. “Chaotic rascal.”
“Ricardo? Who are they?” Agatha asked.
“Ricardo, where do I begin? He’s the best first mate a Capt’n could ever yearn f’r.” Polly explained. “Eager, excitable and as restless as a pirate crew on a heist!”
“Sounds just like Frances.” Agatha chuckled.
Frances groaned. “I get it, I have a problem.”
“Well this one night, the waves was rocking our wee lil’ ship like a mere leaf and I was in me hammock, reading, when Ricardo looked over at me eagerly, unable to sleep.” Polly explained.
“This sounds more and more like Frances.” Emily smiled. “They can’t sleep, half the time.”
“Half?” Polly paused.
“More like ALL the time.” Edgar laughed.
Polly facepalmed a little. 
“ANYWAYS…” she continued. “On this particular night, Ricardo was extremely sleepless. And the rest of me crew, ‘cept the two o’ us, they were snorin’ away.”
“Go on.” Frances was intrigued.
“So I glanced at ol’ Ricardo and asked him why the heck he was still up. I mean, we were anchored down, no plans for the mornin’ an’ here he was, restless as ever. So I just swayed ‘is hammock a lil, just to see if it’d calm his body- even if it was a lil’ bit. I take the wins I get.” Polly smirked.
“Wish we had a hammock.” Gertrude beamed.
“...Let’s just listen to Polly.” Arthur smiled. “That sounds like the life, though. A hammock, no worries, anchored into the sea…”
“Preach it.” Polly nodded before continuing. “So, that wasn’t workin’, an’ it’d usually work. So the big waves must’ve been makin’ ‘im really restless. So I got out me ol’ squeezebox an’ began singing ol’ shanties.”
Beat.
“THAT didn’t work either.” Polly laughed. “It was a nightmare.”
“I figured.” Emily chuckled. 
“So I needed a foolproof plan. A good capt’n always has a plan, Ms. Rose.” Polly reminded. “I eventually came up with a plan. Had ‘im visualize the ship bobbin’ in the ocean, the gulls squawking o’erhead. The moon glowin’ in the sky. All ‘em whales an’ dolphins splashin’ round. The sharks slowly swimmin’ round our ship.”
Frances did so…and promptly began snuggling up against Agatha.
“After a bit, Ricardo was oddly quiet. An’ lemme tell ya, he was NOT the quiet type.” Polly laughed. “Even when he was asleep, he wasn’t quiet. So I just waited a wee lil’ bit to see if he was okay.”
“Was he?” Theodore mused.
“He was alright, just busy visualizin’ the scenario. I rocked the hammock a lil’ an’ it sent ‘im off t’ dreamland. A good capt’n knows ‘er crew.” Polly beamed.
Frances snored.
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Rough Draft
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barxlupin · 2 months ago
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Halloween Costumes
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Maurice: ghostly Arsénè Lupin (in BSD he's even gonna use his Ability to make himself look transparent)
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Georgette: steampunk monster hunter
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James: reanimated corpse (normal clothing with rips and fake blood and painted on stitches on his face and arms)
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Murasaki: Kuchisake-Onna (face mask hiding bloody Glasgow grin stage makeup, fake rusty scizzors covered in fake blood)
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Henry: ghostly pirate
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Ted: ink monster (not a costume in BSD, he can shapeshifts)
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Arthur: scientist (labcoat with blood stains and vials containing bioluminescent liquids)
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Patrick: decapitated revenant (fake blood along his neck tattoo and makeup to make his face look 'dead', ex. blood from the mouth, hollow eyes)
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eisamusing · 1 year ago
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eisamusing · 1 year ago
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barxlupin · 3 months ago
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Modern / No Powers AU
Verse for generic interactions or crossover with series with no powers or special abilities.
Everyone still works at Bar Lupin, but might have slightly different backstories.
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Maurice - 24, the owner and main bartender. He and his younger sister Georgette were orphaned as children and ended up in an orphanage, but escaped to avoid being separated. He has a juvenile criminal record for theft and robbery (which he committed to feed himself and his sister), but has long since cleaned up his act, although he still likes to put the skills he's learned on the streets to use to impress and entertain costumers.
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Georgette - 21, Maurice's younger sister and full-time waitress. Devoted to her brother for raising and protecting her after they were orphaned. She also volunteers for the local community theater as a makeup artist, costume designer and substitute actress (her ability to play both female and male roles is highly coveted).
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Murasaki - 23, a college student who works part-time as a waitress. Estranged from her mother, whose domineering behavior caused her daughter to have a mental breakdown and seek emancipation at 17. Loves literature (both reading and writing) and is a skilled baker.
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James - 40s, the bar manager (often mistaken for being the owner as well). Looks younger than his actual age (no one's ever given him more than 30 years). Has experience working in bars, having ran his family's pub for almost ten years. Sole survivor of a tragic accident where he lost his entire family (parents, wife and unborn child). Never gets drunk.
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Henry - 32, supplier and occasional bouncer. Having worked as a sailor for half his life, he has several contacts and connections with many businesses. The oldest of three siblings, he's naturally protective and nurturing (albeit often oblivious to many costumers crushing on him). His arms are covered in tattoos. Has a love for poetry.
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Ted - 20, a really quiet young man (whether he's unable to speak or simply chooses not to is a mystery to many), works as a busboy and barkeep-in-training. A skilled artist, illustrator and cartoonist. Adopted and raised by two loving mothers since he was a baby, had a bit of a sheltered upbringing but is curious and adventurous. Often feeds the local stray cats.
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Patrick - 25, barback. Born with an extraordinary sense of smell (hyperosmia), he dreams of becoming a perfumer and is saving up money to open his own perfume shop. Has a troubled past (the result of his mother's affair with a married man, grew up in foster care until the age of 16, etc.).
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Arthur - 26, cook. Formerly a pharmacist, he was disgraced after an experimental drug of his creation almost killed a patient (in truth it was his boss' fault, who pushed for using the medicine despite his subordinate's protests and put all the blame on him to save his own skin). Tests the drugs he creates on himself at times (under strict supervision) and is a coffee addict.
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wornoutspines · 2 years ago
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Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (S1) | Perception Perception Perception
#InterviewWithTheVampire is full of great surprises and works on so many levels. It's worth a binge. #SeasonReview #AMC #JacobAnderson #SamReid #BaileyBass #EricBogosian
When this series was announced the one thing that really came to mind was “maybe this will, at last, get me to read these books,” but no excitement. I didn’t know the showrunner Rolin Jones‘ name despite having seen shows he worked on (Weeds, United States of Tara, Life in Pieces, Perry Mason), and I don’t even think that I reacted when Jacob Anderson (Game of Thrones) and Sam Reid (The Riot…
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vintagetvstars · 5 months ago
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Hot Vintage TV Men's Bracket - Round 1 - Part 1/2 (Polls 1-99)
Round 1 (All Polls)
Ted Bessell Vs. Dick Van Dyke
Jonathan Frid Vs. William Hartnell
Claude Rains Vs. William Hopper
Eric Idle Vs. Peter Tork
Henry Winkler Vs. Tom Smothers
Martin Kove Vs. Tom Selleck
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David Hyde Pierce Vs. Tony Shalhoub
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Ted Cassidy Vs. Boris Karloff
Eddie Albert Vs. Russell Johnson
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Robin Williams Vs. Fred Grandy
Kevin Smith Vs. Bruce Campbell
Brad Dourif Vs. LeVar Burton
Seth Green Vs. Brandon Quinn
Matthew Perry Vs. Tim Daly
Mike Farrell Vs. Judd Hirsch
Matt Bomer Vs. Timothy Olyphant
Larry Hagman Vs. Kent McCord
Fred Rogers Vs. Bobby Troup
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Reece Shearsmith Vs. Alexander Siddig
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Dick Gautier Vs. Michael Landon
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Simon Williams Vs. John Cleese
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Tim Russ Vs. Bruce Boxleitner
Round 1 Polls 100 - 128
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eisamusing · 1 year ago
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@cachorrao
“But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.”
— Lemony Snicket; The Beatrice Letters
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battyaboutbooksreviews · 8 months ago
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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in May 2024 🌈
🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!
[ Release dates may have changed. ]
❤️ Farzana's Spite - Felix Graves 🧡 Archangels of Funk - Andrea Hairston 💛 How It Works Out - Myriam Lacroix 💚 Queer History A to Z - Robin Stevenson, Vivian Rosas 💙 Queerceañera - Alex Crespo 💜 Second Night Stand - Karelia Stetz-Waters, Fay Stetz-Waters ❤️ You Can Call Me Cooper - Cali Kitsu 🧡 Gooseberry - Robin Gow 💛 Grand Slam Romance - Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous 💙The Witches of Silverlake - Simon Curtis, Stephanie Son 💜 Drawn to the Enemy - Barbara Winkes 🌈 The Truth of Our Past - Heather Leighson
❤️ Infaust - T.D. Cloud, Ambi Sun 🧡 Garner for Gold - Catherine Labadie 💛 The Z Word - Lindsay King-Miller 💚 Snake Charming - Genevieve McCluer 💙 The 7-10 Split - Karmen Lee 💜 Loving Jemima - Sienna Waters ❤️ The Potion Gardener - Arden Powell 🧡 A Swift and Sudden Exit - Nico Vincenty 💛 The Worst Ronin - Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Faith Schaffer 💙 Murray Out of Water -Taylor Tracy 💜 The Guncle Abroad - Steven Rowley 🌈 The Weight of What Was - Pip Landers-Letts
❤️ The Amazing Alpha Tau Pledge Project - Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey 🧡 I Met Death & Sex Through My Friend, Tom Meuley - Thom Vernon 💛 Malicia - Steven dos Santos 💚 The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin 💙 SLUTS: Anthology - Michelle Tea 💜 You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian ❤️ Death's Country - R.M. Romero 🧡 Cinema Love - Jiaming Tang 💛 The Brides of High Hill - Nghi Vo 💙 Emma - Jenna Kent 💜 Wish We Were There - Lionel Hart 🌈 A Troublemaker in Her Eyes - Genta Sebastian
❤️ I Make Envy on Your Disco - Eric Schnall 🧡 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni 💛 Queer Power Couples - Hannah Murphy Winter, Billie Winter 💚 In Repair - A.L. Graziadei 💙 A Heart Divided - Angie Williams 💜 Long After We Are Gone - Terah Shelton Harris ❤️ The Queen of Steeplechase Park - David Ciminello 🧡 Lunar Boy - Jes Wibowo, Cin Wibowo 💛 Hot Boy Summer - Joe Jiménez 💙 Sunhead - Alex Assan 💜 The Summer Love Strategy - Ray Stoeve 🌈 Into the Mouth of the Wolf - Erin Gough
❤️ The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe 🧡 The Lost Erwain - Mariah Stillbrook 💛 Starfire - Naomi Hughes 💚 Adrift - Sam Ledel 💙 Shanghai Murder - Jessie Chandler 💜 April May June July - Alison B. Hart ❤️ A Bone in His Teeth - Kellen Graves 🧡 Cabin Fever - Tagan Shepard 💛 Don't Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan 💙 The Ride of Her Life - Jennifer Dugan 💜 The Redemption of Daya Keane - Gia Gordon 🌈 Nearlywed - Nicolas DiDomizio
❤️ The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 🧡 The End of Time - Trudie Skies 💛 Silent Ones - Melissa Polk 💚 Prime Time Travelers - Neil Laird 💙 My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna van Veen 💜 The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields ❤️ Spitting Gold - Carmella Lowkis 🧡 Last Chance - Claire Highton-Stevenson 💛 Road Home - Rex Ogle 💙 Only for Convenience - Shannon O'Connor 💜 Linus and Etta Could Use a Win - Caroline Huntoon 🌈 Finding Molly Parsons - Alyson Root
❤️ Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding - Maia Kobabe, Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier 🧡 See You Next Month - Jamey Moody 💛 Until You Say My Name - Tatum Schroeder 💚 Disembark - Jen Currin 💙 True Love and Other Impossible Odds - Christina Li 💜 Flyboy - Kasey LeBlanc ❤️ Thirsty - Jas Hammonds 🧡 Hands Off - N. Slater 💛 Flooded Secrets - Claudie Arseneault 💙 The Deer and the Dragon - Piper C.J. 💜 To Be Loved - Frank G. Anderson 🌈 Snowblooded - Emma Sterner-Radley
❤️ Blood Remains - Cathy Pegau 🧡 Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert 💛 We Were the Universe - Kimberly King Parsons 💚 Loyalty - E.J. Noyes 💙 Spirits and Sirens - Kelly Fireside 💜 Clean Kill - Anne Laughlin ❤️ The Worst Perfect Moment - Shivaun Plozza 🧡 Oye - Melissa Mogollon 💛 Here for the Wrong Reasons - Annabel Paulsen, Lydia Wang 💙 Exhibit - R.O. Kwon 💜 Experienced - Kate Young 🌈 Parenting with Pride - Heather Hester
❤️ Road to Ruin - Hana Lee 🧡 Meet Me in Berlin - Samantha L. Valentine 💛 The Advice Columnist - Cade Haddock Strong 💚 where lost & hopeless things go - Bryony Rosehurst 💙 Pit Stop - Ellis Mae 💜 The Switchboard - Christina K. Glover ❤️ In the Shallows - Tanya Byrne 🧡 Have You Seen This Girl - Nita Tyndall 💛 Another First Chance - Robbie Couch 💙 The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown 💜 Keepers of the Stones and Stars - Michael Barakiva 🌈 A Little Kissing Between Friends - Chencia C. Higgins
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zangtang · 1 year ago
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I love your ia creations, keep them coming!
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thanks i'm very amused by them incidentally as evidenced here, on Henry Cavill Glitch Day, you could just about squeeze out some other people, but none with the ease or results of Cavill. It's so mysterious. "Ben, other prompt, Affleck" worked a bit but I hated the results, Paul Rudd could be turned into a very pasty sad old man, and you could get a bad approximation of Matt LeBlanc only if you used "Matt LeBlanc Joey Tribbiani." Charlie Hunnam also worked but not in a very interesting way. I scraped many barrels to end up at James Corden (why was that so effective?!), and many other names suggested the AI was choosing to ignore them, and after a few warnings I was suspended. also at that point, "blond hair" made everyone have a stringy blond bob, and "egyptian man" was always interpreted as "man wearing tacky Pharoah costume" which i later exploited on purpose OH and the one where the guy is shooting two tiny guns at his belly is because i tried to get the Mission Impossible version of Henry Cavill lol
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forever-fixating · 10 months ago
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WIP Wednesday
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Tagged by the lovely @piratefalls and @onthewaytosomewhere
Happy birthday to our favorite chaos bisexual baby boi, Alex! I am almost at the finished line for this chapter. I'm determined to post today, so stay tuned, folks. Wordy little bastard Alex has a lot to say and a lot of FEELS. ENJOY!
As they exited the cemetery, Henry turned to him and asked, “Would you indulge me one more cemetery tour?” Alex nodded, something in Henry’s eyes telling him this was important. They walked down the street until they found an appropriate place to cross. Henry led them up to the open gate that read Holt Cemetery. Compared to the grandeur of the place they just left, Holt looked rundown and neglected. The gravestones were worn and crooked, some lined with PVC pipe or broken mini-picket fences, and decorated with mementos from loved ones. He took Henry’s hand and squeezed it as they walked along the gravel drive. “Somewhere in here,” Henry said softly, “may lie the remains of four men, victims of a gay bar fire in 1973 called the Upstairs Lounge.” “May?” Henry’s jaw tightened. “Many older records were destroyed after Katrina. Some say the victims, one, possibly two, who have been identified, were buried here or in the Charity Hospital Cemetery nearby. Their bodies were so damaged, they were never identified or claimed. One man’s family, Ferris LeBlanc, didn’t even know he’d died in the fire until 2015. In total, thirty-two men died that night, the deadliest attack on a queer space until Pulse in Orlando.” “Jesus fucking Christ,” Alex hissed. “Was anyone ever charged?” Henry shook his head. “There was a suspect, a man who had been ejected about twenty minutes before the fire started, but it ultimately went nowhere. It was just a bunch of queers who had it coming, right?” “How did you learn about this?” “A documentary,” Henry replied. They paused, and Henry held their joined hands against his chest. “I have a vested interest in the history of our community because the mainstream media and so-called educators still seek to bury it.” Alex swallowed thickly as he scanned the cemetery. As the son of a Mexican immigrant, he knew all too well how hard the system fought to suppress those they deemed as “other.” It occurred to him that so much of the real history of this country hadn’t been taught to him in the classroom but through books, documentaries, and people like Henry. People determined not to let their history fade into obscurity. “I don’t mean to preach-” Alex stopped him. “No, you’re not. And you’re right. These men deserve to be remembered. Thank you for sharing this with me. I’ve only been for about a year, and I’ve still got so much more I need to learn.” “That’s the first step,” Henry smiled. “The worst thing you can do as a young queer person is live in willful ignorance because the people in power are counting on it. Pride Month is about so much more than celebrating who we are. It’s about remembering those who we’ve lost, who didn’t get the chance to live openly as we do now.” Alex felt a lump growing in his throat. He wrapped his arms around Henry and squeezed tight. Henry huffed a laugh but returned his embrace, murmuring, “I’d kiss you right now, but that would be grossly inappropriate, given our current location.” “Good call.”
There are so many bonding moments between A&H in this chapter, but this is one I'm proud of. As a queer person myself, Henry was channeling me as I too think it is beyond vital that queer people learn their history, the bad and the good. Celebrate Pride but remember the people who are no longer here. CMQ brought up the story of the Upstairs Lounge in One Last Stop, so I wanted to include it here as I feel it would be something important that Henry would want to share with Alex. I promise, this chapter is almost done and you guys are NOT ready for it! All aboard the hype train, choo chooooooo! See ya soon!
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