#( iv. sebastian & erik )

[butterflyintochains]

Pittsburgh Penguins Nicknames '24/25

A sister to my Canucks version, this time for the Penguins! Also going by position this time.

The Beloved Tandem

Tristan Jarry: Jars, Mouse, Flower JR Alex Nedeljkovic: Ned, Sunshine, Falcon

Kris Letang's D-Corps

Kris Letang: Tanger, Legend, Bang Bang Erik Karlsson: Karl, Viking Marcus Pettersson: Dragon, Petey Matt Grzelcyk: Grizzly Ryan Graves: Gravy Sebastian Aho: Seb, Sebi

Sid and Geno's Forces

Sidney Crosby: Sid, Croz, Captain, GOAT Bryan Rust: Rusty, Rustache, Eldest Son. Drew O'Connor: OC, The Kid Evgeni Malkin: Geno, Big Bear, Papa Michael Bunting: Bunts, Bunt Cake, Bunny Rickard Rakell: Raks, Ricky Lars Eller: Tiger, Great Dane Anthony Beauvillier: Tito, Beauvi Cody Glass: Glasser Kevin Hayes: Kev, Haysey, Big Cat Blake Lizotte: Honey Badger Noel Acciari: Cookie

The Rest of The Family

John Ludvig: tba Jack St.Ivany: Jackie, Ivy, Ives Matt Nieto: Niets, Ghost Rutger McGroarty: Rutter, RG, Chick Emil Bemstrom: Emilio, Emu Jesse Puljujarvi: Bison, Pool Party, Jess Valtteri Puustinen: Val, Flying Finn, Puusty

[tiktaalic]

do you happen to have any recs for decent biology/chem/any other science books that you liked? thank you!

the only ones ive read recently are

isaac's storm - about the 1900 galveston storm

into the raging sea - about the sinking of el faro. not a ton of science but i really enjoyed it.

the authentic animal - about taxidermy.

i read "stiff" in high school for my anatomy class and i really liked it! about various things that happen to bodies (funeral homes, body farms)

the above arent super ology focused, but they are nonfiction and i did really like them all and there is discussion of storm patterns / biology / etc.

books on my shelf i havent gotten to yet that might fit the bill:

the scientist as rebel - freeman dyson

body bazaar - lori andrews dorothy nelkin.

the audubon ark - frank graham jr

the feather theif - kirk wallace johnson

the dinosaur artist - paige williams

the great apes - chris herzfeld

the beak of the finch - jonathan weiner

metazoa - peter godfrey smith

entangled life - merlin sheldrake

the soul of an octopus - sy montgomery

the universe below - william j broad

the wave - susan casey

thunderstruck - erik larson

the perfect storm - sebastian junger

first steps - jeremy desilva

[theasteriae-arc]

SEBASTIAN & ERIK. 

STARTER CALL / @magntokinesis​

He’s different, even from them—the wanderers, the outcasts, the people he thought he might finally fit in amongst. He had felt that way about the army once, a band of brothers, but watching those men—those boys—who should have been, who were, like a family to him, suffer and die one after the other at the hands of the scientists had showed him, he had no one. Even the family he had been born into didn’t want him now. Had they ever?

The community at Genosha, they were born with their powers. Sebastian was made into this unstable thing by men. He is a danger. He feels them watching him out of the corners of their eyes all the time, suspicious, waiting for him to snap.

Instead, before he can, he is packing. But someone’s coming to stop him—he knows it before the door opens and the floorboards creak under their new weight. A tiger’s sense of hearing is acute, and he recognises the footfalls, the breathing pattern, of Magneto from halfway across the lawn.

“Don’t.” Bash doesn’t turn around. He tosses the last of his clothes into his rucksack and pulls the strings tight, shouldering it the next second. “Please, don’t say anything, just- let me go.” He’d find his home somewhere else, someday.

[nikolaijanak]

Erik is from Minnesota, so I've been watching YouTube videos of Minnesota accents so I could get familiar with the speech patterns. They were all super cute, so I had to draw Erik doing a bunch of the "Minnesota-isms" (if this was a cartoon, his accent would be stupidly strong)

Like my work? Support me on Ko-fi

[polyamships]

July 2021 PolyamShippingDay roundup

We had thirteen different entries this month, for 13 different fandoms. We’ve put together a roundup below.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to or boosted this event, it was great to see so much interest! We will have August’s theme posted later on!

---

Arrowverse:  Moodboard by @purpleyin (Cisco x Harry x Hartley)

Cultist Simulator: Fanfiction by @thelandoflittlecubesandtea  (Dancer x Laidlaw x Neville)

Dragon Quest XI: Fanfiction by @sarunohadaki (Erik x Luminary x Serena)

Final Fantasy IV: Fanfiction by @theoreticalconstruct (Cecil x Kain x Rosa)

Final Fantasy VI: Fanfiction by @theoreticalconstruct (Celes x Locke x Terra)

How to Train Your Dragon: Fanfiction by @howtodrawyourdragon (Astrid x Fishlegs x Hiccup x Ruffnut x Snotlout x Tuffnut)

Julie and the Phantoms: Fanfiction by  @invisibleraven (Julie x Luke x Reggie)

Mass Effect:  Moodboard by @manifestdestinyverse (Vega x Reyes x Ryder)

Miraculous Ladybug:  Fanfiction by The Brcklayer at AO3 (Chloé x Kagami x Marinette)

Ultimate Spiderman: Art by @rolaplayor101 (Danny x Peter x Sam)

Uncharted: Moodboard by @purpleyin (Elena x Nathan x Harry)

Vampire the Masquerade: Fic + Art by @missn11 (Ming x Nines x Sebastian)

Zero Escape: Fanfic by  exceptionallyunfortunate at AO3 (Carlos x Kurashiki Akane x Tenmyouji Junpei)

[gabelandescrocs]

request a blurb!

its been a while since ive written anything but i kinda wanna get back into it. no promises of proofreading tho 😂

choose a number from a prompt list and choose a player ♡

fluffy prompt list

smutty prompt list

player list below!

tyson jost

cale makar

ryan graves

erik johnson

mathieu joseph

sebastian aho

andrei svechnikov

brock mcginn

mat barzal

mitch marner

tyler seguin

sidney crosby

brandon tanev

jonathan toews

mikko rantanen

anthony beauvillier

[victoria-daydreams]

Masterlist

Dunkirk

Jack Collins x OC

Skylark — Hiatus

Living in the midst of a war while working to make ends meet was nothing new to Alice Lloyd. That was until a chance meeting between her and a RAF pilot would forever change both their lives.

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Star Wars

The Mandalorian/Din Djarin x OC

Lost in the Stars — Hiatus

When Sarela Reyes accepted a bounty to find some missing child it should have been a simple job. What she got instead was a chance meeting with a certain Mandalorian, and her world was never the same.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI

The Old Guard

Sebastien le Livre/Booker x OC

Moodboard — Playlist

Something’s Gotta Give — Completed

When a reclusive man moves into the apartment across from  Livia, she can’t help but wonder who the mysterious man is. Even more,  she can’t wait to finally meet him.

Chapter One: Greetings, Neighbor!

Chapter Two: The Stairwell Encounter

Chapter Three: Tea for Two

Chapter Four: A Frightful Dinner

Chapter Five: Avoidance

Chapter Six: Let’s Try this Again

Chapter Seven: A Sunday Kind of Love

~~~x~~~

Moodboard — Playlist

Till Kingdom Come — In Progress

Most people would find the very thought of looking forward to one’s own  death as morbid, but not for Sabine. Death, was something she longed  for, it was the only way to freedom from the chains of slavery. And one  day, she finally got her wish and she was finally put out of her misery.

Until she wasn’t.

And Sabine learns a dreadful secret about herself from the experience, setting in motion a life altering event that included four immortals who would take her on several journeys that spanned many lifetimes.

Prologue: The Portrait

Chapter One: My Story Is Much Too Sad to be Told

Chapter Two: Life Being What It Is

Chapter Three: Steal Away

Chapter Four: Resurrection

Chapter Five: Oh Freedom!

Chapter Six: Introductions

Chapter Seven: Target Practice

Chapter Eight: Tis’ the Season

Chapter Nine: Home on the Range

Chapter Ten: The Black Belle of the West

Chapter Eleven: Green-eyed

Chapter Twelve: A Macabre Rite of Passage

Chapter Thirteen: A Simple Lover’s Quarrel

Chapter Fourteen: Welcome Home, Sabine Freemen

Chapter Fifteen: A Journey’s End

Chapter Sixteen: Interlude to a Cunning Cottage

Chapter Seventeen: A New Era Emerges

X-Men Universe

Charles Xavier x OC x Erik Lehnsherr

Of Vices and Virtues — Completed

Claudia Walker created the perfect facade she had a simple life, a simple job. There was nothing remarkable about her. Until two men offer her the chance to do something with her powers to stop a war looming on the horizon. In a fight between good and evil, loyalties strain and relationships grow. The world's changing for better and worse, and Claudia is right in the middle of it.

Chapter One: The Queen of Hearts

Chapter Two: Division X

Chapter Three: Budding Relationships

Chapter Four: Enter Sebastian Shaw

Chapter Five: A Place to Call Home

Chapter Six: Training Day

Chapter Seven: Specialty

Chapter Eight: Fun & Games

Chapter Nine: Challenges

Chapter Ten: Old Wounds

Chapter Eleven: Bottled Up

Chapter Twelve: What Are These Feelings?

Chapter Thirteen: The Ballad of Claudia Walker

Chapter Fourteen: A Never-Ending Nightmare

Chapter Fifteen: A Love Supreme

Chapter Sixteen: Tensions Run High

Chapter Seventeen: Everything Falls in Place

Chapter Eighteen: The Night Before

Chapter Nineteen: The Embargo Line

Chapter Twenty: The Cuban Missile Crisis

Chapter Twenty-One: Whose Side Are You On?

Chapter Twenty-Two: Someone to Watch Over Me

~~~x~~~

Charles Xavier x OC

The Long Way Home — Completed

By 2023, mutants have nearly been wiped out. In a  desperate attempt to save themselves from extinction the X-Men send  Logan back to 1973 to stop Raven from killing Bolivar Trask, the creator  of the Sentinels. However, with strained relationships the task proves  difficult as Logan must unite the mutants from the past to save the  future from annihilation.

Chapter One: A Dark, Desolate Future

Chapter Two: Professor?

Chapter Three: What the Hell Happened to Him?

Chapter Four: Recruiting for a Jailbreak

Chapter Five: A Summer Place

Chapter Six: Hell Hath No Fury

Chapter Seven: A Woman Scorned

Chapter Eight: The Plane Ride from Hell

Chapter Nine: Nighttime & Morning Chats

Chapter Ten: Pandemonium in Paris

Chapter Eleven: Crossroads

Chapter Twelve: A Plea to Come Home

Chapter Thirteen: An Unexpected Visitor

Chapter Fourteen: The Battle of Washington D.C.

Chapter Fifteen: A Bright Future

Squid Game

Cho Sang-woo x OC

The Scars That Bind Us — In Progress

In which a chance meeting brings two strangers together who both carry a terrible secret within them.

Chapter One: When Two Strangers Meet

Chapter Two: The Skeletons in Our Closets

Chapter Three: Would You Like to Play a Game?

Chapter Four: Tag, You’re It!

Chapter Five: Brunch at Simona’s

Kingsman

Archie Reid x OC

One-shots

Sparring Session — Completed

The Pickpocket — Completed

The Batman

Edward Nashton “The Riddler” x OC

Playlist

The Night We Met — Completed

Of all things to shatter Winnie O’Connor’s semblance of a normal life, she didn’t think it would be in the form of a latte.

Chapter One: Down the Rabbit Hole

Chapter Two: Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer

Chapter Three: Beauty & the Beast

Chapter Four: New Beginnings

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Witcher

Lambert x OC

One-shots

A Close Call  — Completed

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Peaky Blinders

Luca Changretta x OC

The Dressmaker — Completed

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

[the-lastdragon]

Mastelist muses

Zagreus: Matthew Bell - Federico Russo

Will Herondale: Henry Cavill - Daniel Sharman - Douglas Booth

Edmundo Dantes: Richard Madden

Edward IV: Max Irons - Tom Durant Pritchard 

Jonathan E. Reid: Aaron Taylor Johnson

Julian Blackthorn: Benjamin Wadsworth - Daniel Sharman

Henry VII: Jacob Collins-Levy

Ramsay Hamilton: Matthew Daddario

Ethan Wate: Alden Ehrenreich - Eli Brown - Jay Jay Warren

Trystane Saylos: Daniel Sharman

Ryden Villiers: Sebastian Stan - Francois Arnaud 

James Potter: Aaron Johnson - Daniel Sharman

Zuko

Edward Cullen: Robert Pattinson 

Suleiman: Halit Ergenç

Francois Valois: Matthew Daddario

FitzWilliam Darcy: Sam Riley - Colin Firth - Matthew Macfadyen

Robb Stark: Richard Madden

Merrick Balinton: Aneurin Barnard ; Louis Garrel

Jason Todd: Matthew Daddario ; Alex Hogh Anderen

Elijah Mikaelson: Daniel Gillies

James Herondale: Aaron Johnson ; Daniel Sharman

Erik Lehnsherr: Michael Fassbender

Stiles Stilinski: Dylan O'Brien

Nikolai Bertrand: Max Irons ; Jensen Ackles

Ledrian Nehkrent: Freddy Carter - Arthur Gosse - Maxence Danet-Fauvel

John Bender: Dylan O’brien ; Matthew Daddario

Tiberius Sallow: Ethan cutkosky (niño) ; Connor Jessup (adolescente) ; Daniel Sharman (principal, adolescente-adulto) ; Hunter Parrish (adulto) ;  Christian Cooke (adulto)

Peter Madison: Brad Pitt

Theseus Crounch: Bill Skargard

Rhett Norfolk: Ian somerhalder

William Hodgins: Orlando Bloom

Renzo Fabrizio D'Amico: Matthew Daddario

Jamie Triggs: Hunter Parrish

Nathaniel Ignatius Gastrell: Sam Claflin 

Philip Rhys: William Moseley

Jonathan “Jace” Maximoff: Daniel Sharman

Homero Addams: johnny Depp : Oscar Isaac

Alexander Nott: Daniel Sharman

[tomeandflickcorner]

Star Wars Day- A Memorial

Happy National Star Wars Day, everyone!

Last year, I commemorated this day by beginning a 14 week-long project, in which I reviewed all existing Star Wars movies.  Of course, since Episode 9- Rise of Skywalker won’t be out until December, it will be a while longer before I can review that one.

So this year, I decided to take a moment to look back and remember all the Star Wars cast and crew we have lost throughout the years.  Because without their time and talent, the timeless saga might never have become the phenomenon it has become.

Leigh Brackett- Writer of the First Draft of Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1915-1978)

John Barry- Production Designer for Episode 4- A New Hope and 2nd Unit Director for Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1935-1979)

Graham Ashley- Gold Five in Episode 4- A New Hope (1927-1979)

Russ Manning- Writer and Penciller of the Star Wars newspaper comic strip from 1979 to 1980 (1929-1981)

Eddie Byrne- General Vanden Willard in Episode 4- A New Hope (1911-1981)

Richard Marquand- Director of Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1937-1987)

Barry Gnome- Kabe in Episode 4- A New Hope (1914-1988)

Alex McCrindle- General Jan Dodonna in Episode 4- A New Hope (1911-1990)

Vince Colletta- Inked Marvel’s Star Wars #64: Serphidian Eyes(1923-1991)

Anthony Lang- Sim Aloo in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (?-1992)

Peter Cushing- Grand Moff Wihuff Tarkin in Episode 4-A New Hope(1913-1994)

Tarik the Bear- Primary source for the voice of Chewbacca, as well as Lumpawaroo ‘Lumpy’ in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1977-1994)

Sebastian Shaw- Anakin Skywalker in the original version of Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1905-1994)

Pat Welsh- Voice of Boushh in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1915-1995)

Morris Bush- Dengar in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1930-1995)

Brian Daley- Author of The Han Solo Adventures and the Star Wars radio dramas (1947-1996)

Jeremy Sinden- Dex Tiree in Episode 4- A New Hope (1950-1996)

Don Henderson- General Cassio Tagge in Episode 4- A New Hope (1931-1997)

Jack Purvis- Chief Jawa in Episode 4- A New Hope, Ugnaught in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back and Teebo in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1937-1997)

Archie Goodwin- Writer for the Star Wars newspaper comic strips and the Marvel Star Wars comics (1937-1998)

Declan Mulholland- Stand-in for Jabba the Hutt in Episode 4-A New Hope (1932-1999)

Mary Kay Bergman- Voiced multiple characters in the Episode 1- The Phantom Menace video game (1961-1999)

Edvin Biukovic- Penciller for X-Wing Rouge Squadron: The Phantom Affair and The Last Command (1969-1999)

Gil Kane- Illustrator for the Marvel Star Wars comics (1926-2000)

George Roussos- Illustrator for the Marvel Star Wars comics (1915-2000)

Alfredo Alcala- Illustrator for many classic Star Wars comics (1925-2000)

Chic Stone- Inker for Marvel’s Star Wars #45: Death Probe (1923-2000)

Sir Alec Guinness- Obi-Wan ‘Ben’ Kenobi in the original Star Wars Trilogy (1914-2000)

Shelagh Fraser- Aunt Beru in Episode 4- A New Hope (1920-2000)

Tom Chantrell- Designer of the Style C posters for Star Wars in 1977 (1916-2001)

Ted Burnett- Wuher the Bartender in Episode 4- A New Hope (1926-2001)

Heinz Petruo- Voiced Darth Vader in the German dub (1918-2001)

Claire Davenport- Yarna d’al’ Gargan in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1933-2002)

George Alec Effinger- Writer of The Great God Quay: The Tale of Varada and the Weequays (1947-2002)

Des Webb- The Wampa in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (?-2002)

Art Carney- Saun Dann in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1918-2003)

Peter Diamond- Stunt Coordinator for Episode 4- A New Hope and  Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back.  Also assisted with stunts in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi, as well as portrayed stormtroopers, Tusken Raiders and a snowtrooper throughout the original Star Wars Trilogy (1929-2004)

Bruce Boa- General Rieekan in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1930-2004)

Alf Joint- Stunt Performer in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1927-2005)

Brock Peters- Voiced Darth Vader in the Star Wars radio adaptations (1927-2005)

Michael Sheard- Admiral Kendal Ozzel in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1938-2005)

Hamilton Camp- Voice of Rune Haako in Galactic Battlegrounds (1934-2005)

Charles Rocket- Voice of Nym in Star Wars: Starfighter and Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (1949-2005)

John Hollis- Lobot in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1927-2005)

William Hootkins- Jek Porkins in Episode 4- A New Hope (1948-2005)

Phil Brown- Owen Lars in Episode 4- A New Hope (1916-2006)

Paul Gleason- Jeremitt Towani in Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1939-2006)

Tim Hilderbrandt- Designer of one of the original theatrical release posters for Star Wars.  Also credited for the artwork in the Shadows of the Empire project (1939-2006)

Lykke Nielsen- Voiced Princess Leia in the Dainish Star Wars audiotapes (1946-2006)

Dave Cockrum- Artist responsible for several covers for Marvel’s Star Wars comics (1943-2006)

Christine Hewett- Shada D’ukai in Episode 4- A New Hope (1943-2007)

Larry Ward- Voice of Greedo in Episode 4- A New Hope and Jabba the Hutt in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi.  Also helped develop the Huttese language alongside Ben Burtt (1944-2007)

Mark Haigh-Hutchinson- Project leader for Star Wars: Rouge Squadron and Shadows of the Empire video game.  Also worked on other Star Wars games (1964-2008)

Dwight Hemion- Executive Producer of The Star Wars Holiday Special (1926-2008)

John Alvin- Artist for various Star Wars posters, book covers and video covers, including the covers for the Jedi Acadamy trilogy and poster for Celebration IV in 2007 (1948-2008)

Harvey Korman- Krelman, Chef Gormaanda and Dromboid in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1927-2008)

Stan Winston- Visual Effects and Makeup Artist. Worked on the new Wookiee costumes for The Star Wars Holiday Special (1946-2008)

Don LaFontaine- Voice Actor who narrated the 1995 VHS release of The Making of Star Wars (1940-2008)

Bea Authur- Ackmena in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1922-2009)

Don Ivan Punchatz- Science Fiction writer who created the first Star Wars poster (1936-2009)

Mark Jones- Commander Nemet in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1939-2010)

Gareth Rigan- Executive Producer for Episode 4- A New Hope (1931-2010)

Richard Devon- Voice Actor for Star Wars: Ewoks (1926-2010)

Al Williamson- Comic Illustrator for various Marvel Star Wars comics and Classic Star Wars comics (1931-2010)

Alan Hume- Cinematographer for Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1924-2010)

Jackie Burroughs- Voice of Morag in Star Wars: Ewoks (1939-2010)

Irvin Kershner- Director of Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1923-2010)

Grant McCune- Chief Modelmaker for Episode 4- A New Hope (1943-2010)

Bob Anderson- Swordmaster who played Darth Vader in the fight scenes of Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back and Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1922-2012)

Ian Abercrombie- Voice of Palpatine/Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars film and TV Series (1934-2012)

David Anthony Pizzuto- Voice of Tanno Vik and Sedyn Kyne in the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game (1951-2012)

Ralph McQuarrie- Concept Artist for the original Star Wars Trilogy (1929-2012)

Bill Weston- Stuntman in the original Star Wars Trilogy (1941-2012)

Winston Rekert- Voice of Mungo Baobab and Sise From in Star Wars: Droids (1949-2012)

Colin Higgins- Wedge Antilles in Episode 4- A New Hope (?-2012)

Stuart Freeborn- Makeup artist for the original Star Wars Trilogy (1914-2013)

Carmine Infantino- Artist for many of the Marvel Star Wars comics (1924-2013)

Richard LeParmentier- Admiral Motti in Episode 4- A New Hope (1946-2013)

Gilbert Taylor- Cinematographer for Episode 4- A New Hope (1914-2013)

A.C. Crispin- Author of the Han Solo Trilogy and various short stories (1950-2013)

Christopher Malcolm- Rouge Two in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1946-2014)

Malcolm Tierney- Shann Childsen in Episode 4- A New Hope (1938-2014)

Aaron Allston- Author of thirteen Star Wars novels and several short stories (1960-2014)

Meshack Taylor- Voice of Wedge Antilles in the Star Wars radio Drama (1947-2014)

Joe Viskocil- Crew Member who worked on miniature explosions in Episode 4- A New Hope and miniature pyrotechnics for Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1952-2014)

Khan Bonfils- Saesee Tiin in Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (1972-2015)

Keith Swaden- Stuntman for the original Star Wars Trilogy (1949-2015)

Richard Bonehill- Snowtrooper, stormtrooper and Palo Torshan in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back and a stormtrooper, a Mon Calamari, an X-Wing pilot, a TIE pilot, Nien Numb, Ree-Yees and Mosep Binneed in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1949-2015)

David Esch- Voiced Han Solo in the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds video game (1948-2015)

Sir Christopher Lee- Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus in Episode 2- Attack of the Clones and Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith (1922-2015)

George Coe- Voice of Tee Watt Kaa in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1929-2015)

Jason Winreen- Original voice of Boba Fett (1920-2015)

Bill E. Martin- Voice Actor in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Episode 1- The Phantom Menace video game, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter and Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (1945-2016)

Joe Alaskey- Voice Actor in Episode 1- The Phantom Menace video game (1952-2016)

Alethea McGrath- Jocasta Nu in Episode 2- Attack of the Clones and Episode 3-Revenge of the Sith video game (1920-2016)

Drewe Henley- Garven Dreis in Episode 4- A New Hope, as well as Rouge One: A Star Wars Story through archive footage (1940-2016)

Ray West- Re-Recording Mixer for Episode 4- A New Hope (1925-2016)

Erik Bauersfeld- Original voice of Gial Ackbar in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi, Episode 7- The Force Awakens and the Star Wars X-Wing video game.  Also was Bib Fortuna in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1922-2016)

Ian Watkin- Voice of COO-2180 in Episode 2- Attack of the Clones (1940-2016)

Ronald Falk- Voice of Dexter Jettster in Episode 2- Attack of the Clones (1935-2016)

Kenny Baker- Largely known as the man inside R2-D2.  Also was Paploo in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1934-2016)

Ian Liston- Wes Janson and an AT-AT gunner in Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1948-2016)

Peter Sumner- Lieutenenat Pol Treidum in Episode 4- A New Hope (1942-2016)

Carrie Fisher- Princess Leia Organa (1956-2016)

Chris Wiggins- Voice of Mon Julpa in Star Wars: Droids (1931-2017)

John Forgeham- Gunnery Captain Bolvan in Episode 4- A New Hope (1941-2017)

Margaret Towner- Jira in Episode 1- The Phantom Menace (1920-2017)

John Cygan- voiced several Star Wars characters in video games and audio dramas (1954-2017)

Andy Cunningham- Mime Artist and Puppeteer for Ephant Mon in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1950-2017)

William Hoyland- Commander Igar in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1943-2017)

Barry Dennen- Voice of King Ramsis Dendup in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (1938-2017)

John Molio- Costume Designer for Episode 4- A New Hope and Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1931-2017)

Alfie Curtis- Doctor Cornelius Evazan in Episode 4- A New Hope (1930-2017)

Jim Baikie- Inked, penciled and colored Empire’s End (1940-2017)

Allison Shearmur- Executive Producer for Rouge One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story (1963-2018)

Debbie Lee Carrington- Romba in Episode 6- Return of the Jedi and Weechee Warrick in Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1959-2018)

Michael Ford- Set Director for Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back and Episode 6- Return of the Jedi (1929-2018)

Bong Dazo- Penciled many Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comics and the Star Wars:The Force Unleashed comic adaptation (1962-2018)

Marie Severin- Colorist for several issues of Star Wars, Droids and Ewoks (1929-2018)

Gary Kurtz- Producer for Episode 4- A New Hope and Episode 5- The Empire Strikes Back (1940-2018)

Marty Balin- Lead Singer of Jefferson Starship, which was featured in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1942-2018)

Carlos Ezquerra- Penciled and Inked the comic book series Mara Jade: By the Emperor’s Hand and the short comic Boba Fett 1/2 Salvage (1947-2018)

Stan Lee- Editor of Marvel Comics who wrote the introduction of The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars (1922-2018)

Willard Huyck- Script Doctor for the first draft of Episode 4- A New Hope (1945-2018)

John Wreford- Lieutenant Hija in Episode 4- A New Hope (1943-2018)

William Morgan Sheppard- Voice of Heavy Gun Trooper and Ruulian Strip Miner in Star Wars: Force Commander (1932-2019)

Bronco McLoughlin- Stormtrooper in Episode 4- A New Hope (1938-2019)

Shane Rimmer- Rebel Crew Chief in Episode 4- A New Hope (1929-2019)

Vonda N. McIntyre- Author of The Crystal Star (1948-2019)

Frank Henson- Stormtrooper, skiff guard and a rebel guard in Episode 6: Return of the Jedi (1935-2019)

Peter Mayhew- Chewbacca (1944-2019)

Thank you, all.  Even though you are no longer here, your legacy will live on forever.  As Luke himself  once stated, no one’s ever really gone.

[gerec]

AU-gust 2020 Prompts

Masterlist

21 & 22.  Professional Rivals AU + Futuristic AU (Part 2) - Cherik

Part 1 is here!

In the fifteen years since Charles and Raven left Earth IV to roam the galaxy, there have only been a handful of times when he’s been truly afraid that they might not make it out alive. The first had been their kidnapping at the hands of Tarkussian slave traders, when Charles has been a mere fifteen year old miscreant and Raven scarcely twelve, and they’d stolen away on the wrong freighter to get off-world. The time Raven had been bitten by a Morgoss serpent, when they went salvaging off the coast of the Froni sea. And of course the Arathor 7 ‘incident’ with Erik and Sebastian Shaw, where Charles lost his legs and had to have them replaced with cybernetic ones after spending two bloody months in a coma.

This particular mission is turning out to be just as bad for his health and his sanity, only this time, Charles is very much on his own.

‘Charles, where are you? We’ve got to get back to the ship right now!’

“I’m trying,” he hollers, ducking just as a plasma shot burns a hole right beside his head, the volley of gunfire deafening both here and on Raven’s side over the comms. “I’m pinned down here on Deck 4! Don’t wait for me; just get the others back to the ship now!”

‘Goddammit Charles I’m not leaving without you!’ Raven yells back, and he can hear shouts of agreement from Alex and Darwin through the comms, along with a string of exceptionally creative curses from a highly agitated Sean. ‘Stay there! We’ll come and get you!’

“You can’t.” He’s about two minutes away from running out of ammo, and waves of very pissed off Skoll keep slowly advancing towards him down the dimly lit hall. “There’s hundreds of them between you and me, Raven. Go. Save yourselves.”

Another shot, this time pinging off his deflector shield right above his heart. A few more direct hits and the generator will get shorted, and then the plasma will burn right through his damned armor plating…

If he gets hit it had better be a clean fucking shot; he’d rather die than risk having another limb blown off. 

‘Fuck that,’ Raven snarls, ‘you don’t get to die unless I’m the one killing you, do you hear me, Charles? You stay alive until I find--”

“I love you,” he says, before cutting their comms, and rolling into an alcove so he can get out of sight temporarily and take a few deep breaths. He yanks the portable explosive Hank packed for him in this gear, arming the detonator to voice command so he can set it off as soon as Raven and the others get clear.

Even if they don’t make it back to the ship by the time Charles runs out of ammo, the resulting explosion should tear a large enough hole in the space station to distract the Skolls on their tail.

Let’s keep that option to the very last, shall we Mr. Xavier? I vote we try getting out of this mess the old fashioned way.

An explosion goes off behind him in the hall, distracting him from answering the telepathic message, or even wondering who can be talking to him from a distance with all the psi dampening tech built into the damn station walls. A wave of gunfire erupts from a previously sealed door, and suddenly Charles finds himself flanked by three other bodies, armored in the Brotherhood’s signature red and black.

Of course it would be just like Erik to show up out of the blue, and make Charles’ bad fucking day even worse.

“Fuck me,” Charles mutters, just as fresh wave of Skoll sentinels arrive and start shooting, pushing them all back towards the room where his would-be rescuers appeared. Even with help they can’t keep this up for very long, before the Skoll’s sheer numbers overwhelm them where they stand.

“Arm. Detonate at 50%. 5 seconds,” he shouts, as he pushes his plan none too gently into Erik’s head. Then he tosses the device right behind the Skoll’s portable shield generator, as Erik tears great hunks of the metal off the walls to seal them in from the blast.

The resulting explosion brings down a huge chunk of Deck 5 into the hall, enough to block - temporarily at least - any Skolls who didn’t get caught immediately in the blast.

And Charles finds himself still breathing and in one piece, well protected behind a massive barricade with his former lover and now rival, Erik fucking Lehnsherr.

He knows he’s going to deny it to his dying day, but it’s most definitely relief, but also feelings that makes him grab Erik’s face and pull him into a passionate, open mouthed kiss.

It’s also feelings that make him haul off and punch that same smug face, knocking him right off his feet and on the ground with a grunt.

Wincing, Erik merely rubs at his jaw and gives him a sheepish grin. “It’s good to see you too, Charles.”

“Don’t try and sweet talk me, Erik. What the fuck are you doing here?”

“He’s here to save you,” a voice answers, the same voice Charles heard in his head only moments ago it seems. “You were set up by my father, and by Sebastian Shaw.”

“Your father?” he asks, just as the helmet comes off, revealing long cascading blonde hair and a very familiar face. It’s Emma Frost, daughter of crime lord Winston Frost and the very one they’re supposed to be looking for, though its abundantly clear now that she requires no saving. “Fucking-- And Shaw! Again! How? Oh, god I’m never going to hear the end of this from Raven.”

Dragging himself back up and onto his feet, Erik shoulders his rifle and lets out a tired sigh. Charles does not think about kissing him again, or how handsome he looks with a new beard and slightly longer hair. “It’s a long story. Let’s get the hell out of here, and we’ll tell you everything we know.”

“I can teleport us to the Genosha,” the third Brotherhood crew member - who turns out to be Azazel - says. “It’s closer to our location than the Blackbird. You can call Raven and then we can reconvene with your team somewhere safe.”

“I know you have no reason to trust me after what happened, Charles,” Erik says, “just...let me help you. For old times?”

It’s a bad idea, he knows, spending any amount of time around Erik Lehnsherr, not only for his health but also for his still broken heart. So he’ll just accept the help off the station and get whatever information he can about Shaw, and then walk away and not let himself get sucked back in to Erik’s bullshit... Again...

"Fine,” Charles says, ignoring Erik’s relieved smile. “Let’s get out of this hell hole before my sister burns this whole place down.” 

[rabbittstewcomics]

Episode 360

Comic Reviews:

DC

Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman 1 by Tom King, Chris Burnham, Brandon Thomas, Chuck Brown, Fico Ossio, Sebastian Cheng, Adriano Lucas

Batman Urban Legends 17 by Ryan Cady, Joey Esposito, Alex Paknadel, Dan Watters, Riley Rossmo, Amancay Nahuelpan, Serg Acuna, Gleb Melnikov, Scott Hanna, Trish Mulvihill, Jordie Bellaire, Luis Guerrero, Alex Guimaraes

Superman: Son of Kal-El 13 by Tom Taylor, Nicole Maines, Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo

Zatanna and the Ripper web comic by Sarah Dealy, Rachel Koo, Syro, Ayumumum

Marvel

A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment by Kieron Gillen, Pasqual Ferry, Dean White

Daredevil 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson

Star Wars: Mandalorian 1 by Rodney Barnes, Georges Jeanty, Karl Story, Rachelle Rosenberg

X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2022 by Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, Kris Anka, Carlos Villa, Russell Dauterman, Rain Beredo, Frank Martin, Matt Milla, Matt Wilson

Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic

Image

7174 Presents Haunted Universe 1 by T.P. Louise, Ashley Wood

Above Snakes 1 by Sean Lewis, Hayden Sherman

Impact Winter by Travis Beacham, Stephen Green, Matt Hollingsworth

ComiXology

Beatrix Rose: Vigilante by Stephanie Phillips, Valeria Favoccia, Ellie Wright

Boom

Flavor Girls 1 by Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky, Eros de Santiago

Dynamite

Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator: Necronomicon Rising 1 by Erik Burnham, Eman Casallos

Legendary

Three Little Wishes GN by Paul Cornell, Steve Yeowell, Pippa Bowland, Simon Bowland

Vault

Barbaric: The Harvest Blades by Michael Moreci, Robert Wilson IV

Ray’s OGN Corner: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Additional Reviews: Ms. Marvel finale, Kung-Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, Batman: The Adventures Continue s2

News: Irredeemable returns… via Kickstarter?, Alden Ehrenreich cast in Ironheart (Hood?), FF casting rumors, the demise of Oni Press, Harley s3 release date

Twitter Challenge from Gary Hogan (FF casting)

Trailers: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Munsters, Surfside Girls, Harley s3

Comics Countdown:

Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Superman by Tom King, Chris Burnham, Brandon Thomas, Chuck Brown, Fico Ossio, Sebastian Cheng, Adriano Lucas

Eight Billion Genies 3 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne

Rogues 3 by Joshua Williamson, Leomacs, Jason Wordie

Tales From Harrow County: Lost Ones 3 by Cullen Bunn, Emily Schnall, Tyler Crook

Daredevil 1 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto, Rafael de Latorre, Matt Wilson

Three Little Wishes GN by Paul Cornell, Steve Yeowell, Pippa Bowland, Simon Bowland

Superman: Son of Kal-El 13 by Tom Taylor, Nicole Maines, Clayton Henry, Marcelo Maiolo

Undiscovered Country 19 by Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Matt Wilson

Punisher 4 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Dave Stewart

Ordinary Gods 7 by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Felipe Watanabe, Frank William, Clayton Cowles

Check out this episode!

[nikolaijanak]

This was just an experiment to see if I could use my pencils as lineart. The conclusion? "........eh, maybe" Like my work? Have a few bucks to spare? Why not donate to my Ko-fi page?

[abybweisse]

Hey! I am somewhat new to 2ct and am in the midst of an obsession with Ciel - surprise, surprise - and was wondering if you could fill me in on a few things? Obviously if you can't then don't worry! 1. Is there any hints to what the earls real name is? 2. Which twin did madam red prefer? 3. Did the earl get on with Ciel? 4. What was the earl's relationship with his mother like (what he called her, their dynamic, how much time was spent together, etc.), and did Vincent actively ignore the earl?

Well, I can give you the canon facts (as best I can recall) and then give you my interpretation of it all.

1. If we assume Ciel is the name of the older twin (not the younger), and most versions of 2ct now do this (I think), then the earl must have a different given name, right? There really isn’t any specific canon evidence suggesting any one name over another. However, there are some forerunners that look promising. I’ll list my **faves** here:

I. Elic. It’s a rare name and a perfect anagram of Ciel. I’ve found two meanings for it: 1) variation on Alec/Alex, meaning “protection, defense/defender” and 2) “from the elder tree”. I like this name for a few reasons. My pet theory is how Mother3 (a game) is the basic framework of the manga series. The twins in that game are Claus and Lucas; these are anagrams, and even their parents discuss how they named the older twin first and made an anagram to name the younger. Mother3 has a character named Alec (their maternal grandfather), and Black Butler has Alexis (an uncle) – their personalities and plot roles are very similar.

II. Luce. (Sounds like loose.) It’s a *near* anagram; just replace the “i” with a “u”, and it means “light, star”. In Mother3 you have Claus (“people’s victory”) and Lucas (also “light, star”), so if Yana-san doesn’t use a perfect anagram, she could have a four-letter “C” name (Ciel) and a four-letter “L” name, like Luce. Luka would be nice, but that’s already the name of the younger brother to Alois/Jim in season two of the anime. Since the non-canon materials (anime, etc.) are like AU spoilers, a name similar to Luka is entirely possible, like Luce or Luke. There is also more reason to use names that are similar to Mother3 characters; I mean… Mother3 does have Claus, and the Black Butler character who hands the earl the game “Mouse3” is named Chlaus (Klaus in some translations).

III. Eric. Again a near-anagram; it just replaces the “L” with an “R”, and the Japanese often change “L” into “R” for pronunciation. Means “to rule forever”. Sounds good for someone who wears a ring with a motto roughly meaning “the power to rule”, doesn’t it? Problem is, this name has already been used in Kuromyu2. Eric and Alan were essentially accepted into canon in a single panel of the manga. However, the manga never mentions their names. Could get a variation, like Erik. Same meaning.

IV. Lune. Meaning “moon”, I’ve recently added this to my list. Only a half-anagram, but the earl has been referred to as the moon by Sebastian and Baron Kelvin. Soma is the name of the Hindu moon god. London means “fortress of the moon”…. I felt that I had to add it to my list for these reasons.

Those are my personal top four name ideas. Other popular names floating around are longer versions of Luce, like Lucien… or other names for “star, light”, like Aster. Still others have considered names for “sun”, “earth”, or “moon”.

2. I don’t know that Madam Red had a favorite, but she probably spent more time with the earl, since he was often ill, and she would treat his asthma attacks.

3. I can’t say they always agreed with each other, but they clung to each other in that cage, and real Ciel wanted to protect his younger twin. It’s also hinted at that they spent a lot of time playing games of chess against each other, since the earl was often kept inside (due to his health).

4. Since Rachel and the earl shared the same health issues (and because he’s the younger of the twins), the earl probably gravitated towards his mother… and vice versa. I don’t know about any nicknames between the two, but they probably spent a lot of time together and might have created some for each other. In Mother3, Hinawa also seems to favor her younger son, Lucas. In the biblical story of Esau and Jacob, their mother prefers Jacob, the younger twin; she even helps him trick his father.

5. Similarly, there is only circumstantial evidence to suggest that Vincent favors Ciel, like calling and referring to him by name but only calling the earl "this one" or "my son". In Mother3, Flint obviously favors the older twin, Claus. In that story of Esau and Jacob, the father clearly wants his older twin son to inherit and rule. Esau gives up/sells his birthright to Jacob but later tries to reclaim it. However, Jacob proves to be the better leader.

Thanks for the ask!

[chansondeladieu]

Tagged by @valkyriemusic **Rules: you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag 10 people** uhmmm so. I don’t have an Ipod so I just took all the music I have in my 2TB hard drive and put random on VLC media player. So, here’s what my first 10 random songs of over 500 GB of music looks like: 01.Frédéric Chopin - Waltz No.13 Op.70 No.3 in D flat major (By Rubinstein of course) 02.Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise No.15 Op.Posth in B Flat Minor (By Ashkenazy) 03.Erik Satie - Les Trois Valses distinguees du precieux degoute - Sa taille - Son binocle - Ses jambes (by Bojan Gorisek) 04.Johann Sebastian Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - IV. Chorał Zion hört die Wächter singen, BWW 140 (by the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, Jonathan Carney, conductor. Susan Bullock, soprano) (Here I noticed that VLC can’t contain all that music so I left Bach, Chopin and Satie out) 05.Julián Aguirre - Aires populares Argentinos - Nº3 (1897) (By Lia Cimaglia Espinosa) 06.Luis Caruso & Alberto Mastra - La fulana (1955) (by Alberto Mastra) 07.Estela Magnone & Jaime Roos - Los bailarines (by Estela Magnone in voice and keyboards, and Jaime Roos in the rest of the instruments and arranges) 08.My serenade by Django and Grapelli. 09.Alberto Caracciolo - Tema de tango en re menor (Alberto Caracciolo (Direction, Arrange and Bandoneon), Antonio Agri (Violin), Roberto Cicare (Piano), Rufino Arriola (Double-Bass) & Juan Carlos Moyano (Percussion). 10.Eduardo Arolas - Retintín (by Florindo Sassone’s Orquesta Típica). not really “shuffle” but I think I did good. I don’t really have that many people to tag. So let’s just go with @pianistical @speedynoise @madopiano, @soyoumusik (Choose a random moderator I suppose?) and @melodramaticsoprano since you guys are the ones I see most in my dash. Also! If any of you don’t feel comfortable with this, there’s no need to do it.

[captawesomesauce]

@thechibrarian​ If I can make a few WWII/Resistance recommendations, I went through my collection of over 3k books on the subject and whittled it down to these! Most of them are about resistance fighters and Jews who fought back, as well as those who helped Jews escape the concentration camps and others who were passionate about fighting fascists. In the Garden of Beasts is especially poignant as it details how the Nazi’s swept into power and how William Dodd, the US Ambassador, saw what was happening but the US State Dept was indifferent.

“As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.“

Here’s a list of all of the books:

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - Erik Larson

Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution, 1933-1939 - Saul Friedländer

Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Extermination, 1939-1945 - Saul Friedlander

The Third Reich in Power - Richard J. Evans

Forgotten Voices of the Secret War - Roderick Bailey & Sebastian Faulks

The Heroines of SOE: Britain's Secret Women in France - Beryl E. Escott

The Enemy I Knew: German Jews in the Allied Military in World War II - Steven Karras

Striking Back: A Jewish Commando's War Against the Nazis - Peter Masters & Stephen E. Ambrose

Where the Birds Never Sing: The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachau - Jack Sacco

Isaac's Army: The Jewish Resistance in Occupied Poland - Matthew Brzezinski

The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II - Alex Kershaw

Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany - Marthe Cohn & Wendy Holden

Someday You Will Understand: My Father's Private World War II - Nina Wolff Feld

When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II - Molly Guptill Manning

Operation Chowhound - Stephen Dando-Collins

The Avengers - Rich Cohen

Cronkite's War - Walter Cronkite, IV

Go For Broke: The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry - C. Sterner

The Jew Who Defeated Hitler - Peter Moreira

Single Handed - Daniel M. Cohen

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler - Phillip Hoose

The Auschwitz Volunteer - Captain Witold Pilecki

Nazism and War - Richard Bessel

Doctor to the Resistance - Hal Vaughan

GI Jews - Deborah Dash Moore

Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance - Robert Gildea

How the Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism - Benjamin Ginsberg

The Pope's Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI's Campaign to Stop Hitler - Peter Eisner

I Shall Live - Henry Orenstein

I Am a Star - Inge Auerbacher

Fighting on all Fronts - Donny Gluckstein

Commandos in Exile: The Story of 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando 1942-1945 - Nicholas van Der Bijl

Warsaw 1944: An Insurgent’s Journal of the Uprising - Magda Czajkowski

Escape From Auschwitz - Andrey Pogozhev

Reign of Terror: The Budapest Memoirs of Valdemar Langlet 1944–1945 - Valdemar Langlet

Courage & Defiance - Deborah Hopkinson

Young, Brave and Beautiful - Tania Szabô

Hide & Seek - Stephen Walker

Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War - Linda Hervieux

Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 - Adam Hochschild

The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman - D. M. Giangreco & Alonzo L. Hamby

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning - Timothy Snyder

Europe on Trial - Istvan Deak

Diary of a Man in Despair - Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen

American Warlords - Jonathan W. Jordan

Operation Agreement - John Sadler

Raoul Wallenberg - Ingrid Carlberg

Berlin Ghetto - Eric Brothers

The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust - Martin Gilbert

A Good Place to Hide - Peter Grose

in the poish secret war - Mazgaj, Marian S.

Hitler’s Forgotten Victims - Suzanne E. Evans

Holocaust Heroes - Mark Felton

(yes i know thats a ton of books, but it was hell whittling it down to just these!!!)

@thechibrarian

[abager]

No one likes to arrive too early at a party. There’s no one to talk to and nowhere to hide. You can’t leave without being conspicuously rude.  In due course you find yourself talking about car insurance (or worse still, Brexit) with other new arrivals. Of course, there’s the decor to look at (paintings you don’t much like) and there’s the buffet, tempting but as yet untouchable.

As hosts, though, we’re always grateful to those who arrive early and get things going.

New social networks have a hard time too. What’s the point of joining if no one’s there?

In gigglemusic, our new social network for classical musicians, we try to solve that problem by offering new users content that doesn’t depend on the community being large. We’ve uploaded the schedules of major classical music venues around the world (for the moment mainly opera houses).

We’ve also entered the ‘diaries’ of the world’s greatest composers – well, the greatest composers writing within the Western tradition or having some significant influence on it. By their diaries I mean their dates and places of birth and death (though many are still alive and kicking) and the dates and places of the first performances of their major works. Almost all of this comes from Wikipedia.

It may be a bit like trainspotting, but I, for one, find it mildly interesting to know where this or that masterpiece was first performed, and when.

To review a composer’s diary, start with People, open a profile, tap Diary and then scroll up to go back in time. Tap on an individual work to find out more. There’s usually a Wikipedia article to link to.

  But who are the world’s greatest composers?

There’s no ideology behind the selection I’ve made, and no conscious exclusions (I’ve even included Carl Orff). They’re just the first 292 composers who came to mind, and for whom there was also a Wikipedia entry. I’m sure the assiduous researcher will detect unconscious bias, but if you do, please tell me who I’ve missed. There’s room for nearly everyone in gigglemusic.

Adam (Adolphe) Adams (John) Adès (Thomas) Albeniz (Isaac) Albinoni (Tomaso) Alwyn (William) Arne (Thomas) Arnold (Malcolm) Auric (Georges) Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel) Bach (Johann Sebastian) Balakirev (Mily) Barber (Samuel) Bartok (Bela) Bax (Arnold) Beach (Amy) Beamish (Sally) Beethoven (Ludwig van) Bellini (Vincenzo) Bennett (Richard Rodney) Berg (Alban) Berio (Luciano) Berkeley (Lennox) Berkeley (Michael) Berlioz (Hector) Berners (Gerald (Lord)) Bernstein (Leonard) Berwald (Franz) Birtwistle (Harrison) Bizet (Georges) Bliss (Arthur) Blitzstein (Marc) Bloch (Ernst) Blow (John) Bologne (Joseph) Borodin (Alexander) Boulanger (Lili) Boulanger (Nadia) Boulez (Pierre) Bowen (York) Bozza (Eugene) Brahms (Johannes) Brian (Havergal) Bridgetower (George) Britten (Benjamin) Bruch (Max) Bruckner (Anton) Bush (Alan) Busoni (Ferrucio) Butterworth (George) Buxtehude (Dietrich) Cage (John) Canteloube (Joseph) Carter (Elliot) Chabrier (Emmanuel) Chagrin (Francis) Chaminade (Cécile) Charpentier (Gustave) Chausson (Ernest) Cherubini (Luigi) Chopin (Frédéric) Cilea (Francesco) Cimarosa (Domenico) Clarke (Rebecca) Clementi (Muzio) Coleridge-Taylor (Samuel) Copland (Aaron) Corelli (Arcangelo) Cornelius (Peter) Couperin (Francois) Cui (César) Czerny (Carl) Dallapiccola (Luigi) Debussy (Claude) Delibes (Léo) Delius (Frederick) Dittersdorf (Carl Ditters von) Dohnányi (Ernst von) Donizetti (Gaetano) Dorati (Antal) Dukas (Paul) Duruflé (Maurice) Dutilleux (Henri) Dvorak (Antonin) Einem (Gottfried von) Eisler (Hans) Elgar (Edward) Ellington (Duke) Enescu (George) Erkel (Ferenc) Falla (Manuel de) Fauré (Gabriel) Feldman (Morton) Ferguson (Howard) Ferneyhough (Brian) Field (John) Finzi (Gerald) Francaix (Jean) Franck (César) Gabrieli (Giovanni) Gershwin (George) Ginastera (Alberto) Giordano (Umberto) Glass (Philip) Glazunov (Alexander) Glière (Reinhold) Glinka (Mikhail) Gluck (Christoph Willibald) Górecki (Henryk) Gounod (Charles) Grainger (Percy) Granados (Enrique) Grieg (Edvard) Grovlez (Gabriel) Gubaidulina (Sofia) Gurney (Ivor) Haas (Pavel) Handel (George Frideric) Harty (Hamilton) Haydn (Joseph) Head (Michael) Hindemith (Paul) Hoddinott (Alun) Holliger (Heinz) Holst (Gustav) Honegger (Arthur) Howells (Herbert) Hummel (Johann Nepomuk) Humperdinck (Engelbert) Ibert (Jacques) Indy (Vincent d’) Ireland (John) Ives (Charles) Jacob (Gordon) Janacek (Leos) Jolivet (André ) Joplin (Scott) Kalivoda (Jan) Kálmán (Emmerich) Khachaturian (Aram) Knussen (Oliver) Kodaly (Zoltan) Koechlin (Charles) Korngold (Erich) Krenek (Ernst) Krommer (Franz) Kurtág (György) Lalo (Édouard) Lang (David) Lauridsen (Morten) Leclair (Jean-Marie) Lehár (Franz) Leifs (Jón) Leigh (Walter) Leoncavallo (Ruggero) Ligeti (Gyorgy) Liszt (Franz) Loeillet (Jean Baptiste) Lyadov (Anatoly) Mahler (Alma) Mahler (Gustav) Marcello (Alessandro) Martin (Frank) Martinu (Bohuslav) Mascagni (Pietro) Massenet (Jules) Maxwell Davies (Peter) Medtner (Nikolai) Mendelssohn (Felix) Menotti (Gian Carlo) Messiaen (Olivier) Meyerbeer (Giacomo) Milhaud (Darius) Moeran (Ernest) Monteverdi (Claudio) Morricone (Ennio) Moyzes (Alexander) Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mussorgsky (Modest) Nancarrow (Conlon) Nielsen (Carl) Nono (Luigi) Nyman (Michael) Offenbach (Jacques) Orff (Carl) Pachelbel (Johann) Paderewski (Ignacy Jan) Paganini (Niccolò) Paisiello (Giovanni) Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da) Panufnik (Andrzej) Parry (Hubert) Pärt (Arvo) Pasculli (Antonio) Penderecki (Krzysztof) Pepusch (Johann Christoph) Pergolesi (Giovanni) Piazzola (Astor) Poulenc (Francis) Previn (André) Price (Florence) Prokofiev (Sergei) Puccini (Giacomo) Purcell (Henry) Quantz (Johann Joachim) Quilter (Roger) Rachmaninoff (Sergei) Raff (Joachim) Rameau (Jean-Philippe) Ravel (Maurice) Reger (Max) Reich (Steve) Reinecke (Carl) Reizenstein (Franz) Respighi (Ottorino) Richardson (Alan) Riley (Terry) Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai) Rodrigo (Joaquín) Rossini (Giacomo) Rota (Nino) Rubbra (Edmund) Saint-Saëns (Camille) Salieri (Antonio) Sammartini (Giovanni Battista) Satie (Erik) Scarlatti (Domenico) Schnittke (Alfred) Schoeck (Othmar) Schoenberg (Arnold) Schubert (Franz) Schumann (Clara) Schumann (Robert) Scriabin (Alexander) Sessions (Roger) Shostakovich (Dmitri) Sibelius (Jean) Sinding (Christian) Skalkottas (Nikos) Smetana (Bedrich) Smyth (Ethel) Sondheim (Stephen) Sorabji (Kaikhosru Shapurji) Spohr (Louis) Stanford (Charles Villiers) Stenhammar (Wilhelm) Still (William Grant) Stockhausen (Karlheinz) Strauss (Johann) I Strauss (Johann) II Strauss (Richard) Stravinsky (Igor) Suk (Josef) Sullivan (Arthur) Sweelinck (Jan Pieterszoon) Szymanowski (Karol) Tailleferre (Germaine) Takemitsu (Toru) Tallis (Thomas) Tavener (John) Tchaikovsky (Pyotr) Tcherepnin (Alexander) Tcherepnin (Nikolai) Telemann (Georg Philipp) Thompson (Virgil) Tippett (Michael) Tubin (Edward) Turnage (Mark-Anthony) Varese (Edgard) Vaughan Williams (Ralph) Verdi (Giuseppe) Vierne (Louis) Villa-Lobos (Heitor) Vivaldi (Antonio) Wagner (Richard) Walker (George) Walton (William) Warlock (Peter) Weber (Carl Maria von) Webern (Anton) Weelkes (Thomas) Weill (Kurt) Weir (Judith) Widor (Charles-Marie) Williams (John) Williamson (Malcolm) Wolf (Hugo) Xenakis (Iannis) Ysaÿe (Eugène) Yun (Isang) Zelenka (Jan Dismas) Zemlinsky (Alexander von)

  The Great Composers No one likes to arrive too early at a party. There's no one to talk to and nowhere to hide.